After 25 years or so in the IT industry, and with the vast majority of my experience being in testing, I rarely find myself surprised by even the most nonsensical stuff that crosses my virtual desk. It often feels like the same mistakes and traps are being made and fallen into by a new generation of testers or the same old things get rebranded as the latest shiny thing. While I'm at pains not to give this abomination any oxygen, the video has already been viewed over 131,000 times as I write so calling it out here seems worthwhile even if it adds another click or two to this incredible view count. It's worth noting that the video has over 2,700 likes and has received over 270 comments, some (rightly) calling it out as promoting unethical practice but the vast majority sadly praising it as being useful. This stunning opening gambit originally made me think that the video must itself be a fake or some kind of joke piece, but alas I was mistaken. Disturbingly, he claims that the video was made in response to requests from his subscribers. His early advice is to do one "real-time project" for manual and automated testing before claiming fake experience, claiming that "there is no issue" in doing this to get into a company (this claim is repeated frequently throughout the video). If the tester can survive two to three months without being found out, then "no-one will stop you" and if they somehow manage to do the work, "no-one will touch you". He mentioned that there are so many jobs in the US and India with so much demand that it's easy to use fake experience to land a position. One of the more obvious challenges of this approach (!) is that "you might not be able to do the work", in which case Venkata advises relying on friends with actual experience as testers or utilizing a "job support service". If the tester really can't do the work, the employer might re-do their background checks and flag you as fake. In this case, he said HR will be the first to start asking questions, such as "is your experience real or fake?", and the tester should always say their experience is real and suggest that HR should contact their previous employer. Acting confident (while you lie) here is the key, apparently. If HR really do re-check and the tester's fake experience is revealed, the tester should offer to resign and then leave. There is no problem here, "It's software, everything is soft, you won't go to jail". While Venkata rightly suggests that it can be hard to find your first testing job (and claims that there are "no fresher jobs" in his market), these facts don't justify encouraging candidates to misrepresent themselves (essentially, committing fraud). This reflects badly not only on the people following this path, but more generally on the testing industry. The reputation of some outsourced testing companies already isn't great and this kind of "advice" to fraudulently join them only serves to devalue testing and diminish its reputation even further. I remain surprised that anyone would publish a video recommending this fraudulent behaviour, along with the many justifications they make for doing so. A job in the testing industry can be varied, fulfilling and intellectually challenging – it's not a place to live a fake life. For anyone looking to enter the testing industry, I hope you will choose to look for guidance and help from professional testers passionate about their craft rather than doing yourself a disservice by "faking it". faux saint laurent bag