IT Professional

 I specialized in finance for many years (held Financial Analyst, Financial Auditor positions). Then I became an IT (information technology) professional. I held several IT/Business/Systems Analyst positions. I worked in Testing/Quality Assurance and on (software) requirements teams. A training program assisted with my transition from business to IT. I later completed a master's degree in information systems. I learned a whole lot. My Modern Systems Analysis and Design course was particularly interesting. I worked on an actual project. It was good team work.

Technology and survey?

I stumbled upon the technology consulting company Scantron (https://www.scantron.com/) that provides survey services (https://www.scantron.com/assessment-solutions/surveys/survey-development/). I did not expect to see this combination within a single company.

Transferring to a new career

More thoughts on my education and background… 

Training and experience in performance auditing provided skills that transferred well to testing computer systems/applications. Here is an example of a performance auditing report:  

https://www.osc.state.ny.us/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/04/compliance-payment-card-industry-standards-follow 

It determined the extent to which recommendations were followed. 

Testing compares actual to expected - looking for defects or unexpected/undesirable system behavior. 

 

A friend once told me more attention needs to be paid to transferable skills. I think she is right. https://www.macslist.org/career-happiness/how-to-leverage-transferable-skills-to-advance-your-career

 

IT vs Business

Further thoughts on my education..... 

I started my career in finance and somehow ended up in the IT (information technology) field. Who would have thought? Maybe I should have selected a technical undergraduate degree. I am happy that I decided to study computer studies at O Level even though I was a business student. And, I am happy that I enrolled in many computer studies courses later on. 

I found this old blog post on the project/coursework I completed for the O Level examination: https://moorefo1.blogspot.com/2014/02/this-past-week-was-my-feel-good-week.html (from blog: https://moorefo1.blogspot.com/) 

This is an interesting video on the decision to study computer science at A Levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHTSRSzgb4E