Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
Summary
I am a Software Design Engineer in Test for the Microsoft Corporation, working on the Visual Studio Core Team. Visual Studio is a development environment that allows everyone from the ‘Introduction to Computer Science’ student to the professional software engineer to write programs and develop software. I graduated from Mississippi State University with a double major in computer science and mathematics and a minor in French, but I put all the emphasis on my mathematics degree during my interview.
Mathematics taught me logical thinking and problem solving skills—skills all employers look for in new candidates. While interviewing at Microsoft, I introduced myself as a problem solver. What made me so special, in comparison to all the other applicants? My answer was simple, “I have a mathematics degree.”
Mathematics builds the foundation for learning how to solve problems. A chemical engineer is a chemical engineer, a biologist is a biologist, but a mathematician can learn how to become either one. I never took a college course on how to test software, and yet I was hired as a software tester. The recruiter understood that someone with a mathematics background has the discipline and the analytical way of thinking it takes to test new types of software.
One of my job descriptions is to automate testing. Automation is code that simulates what a user might experience when interacting with a program and records any unexpected or undesired results as failures, more commonly known as bugs.
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- 101 Careers in Mathematics , pp. 86 - 87Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2014