About Me

My personal origin story.

How did I arrive? Here's my short story.... My name is 🔊 Darshit Shah.

  • I was born and brought up in India residing in Ahmedabad, Gujarat with my small family. For me, of course, life is never that simple.
  • After graduating, I moved to Gandhinagar for a Master's, searching for a new experience, as I was totally committed to further studies.
  • The journey of QA began with a little startup in India, which I came across while hunting for my first gig post-college. Ultimately, this choice drove me into the incredible universe of information technology.
  • During the initial days of 2010, where I did rigorous testing and landed a Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) and International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Agile Certified Quality Assurance with of manual testing along with 4 years of automation testing qualitative work experience.
  • But as the acclaimed saying, "practice makes a man perfect", I improved. Working with colleagues is altogether different from working alone. I had confidence in Batman's decision to work alone, yet when I initiated working in a team, it opened another door of coordination. In order to maintain an attitude of a solution seeker, I give my best to discover the solution and never surrender at the beginning phase.
  • Always in search of spurs for my career, I’m open to new experiences and challenges to face, wherever they will bring me.

Work Experience

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

Senior Lead Software Engineer - QE

May 2021 - Present

Location: Ahmedabad

Manual Testing API Testing Automation Testing Cloud-based Testing RPA Testing

Senior Software Engineer - QA

February 2016 - May 2021

Location: Ahmedabad

Manual Testing API Testing Database Testing Mobile Application Testing Automation Testing

Senior Tester

September 2014 - February 2016

Location: Ahmedabad

Manual Testing Database Testing Mobile Application Testing

Senior Associate QA

August 2011 - September 2014

Location: Ahmedabad

Manual Testing Mobile Application Testing

QA Executive

July 2010 - August 2011

Location: Ahmedabad

Manual Testing SEO

Education

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

M.Sc.(IT)

Period: 2008 - 2010

Result: Distinction

College: LDRP

University: Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya

Location: Gandhinagar


B.C.A

Period: 2005 - 2008

Result: First Class

College: LJCCA

University: Gujarat

Location: Ahmedabad


HSEB (12th Commerce)

Period: 2003 - 2005

Result: Distinction

School: R.C.Patel

Board: Gujarat

Location: Ahmedabad


GSEB (10th Class)

Period: 2002 - 2003

Result: First Class

School: R.C.Patel

Board: Gujarat

Location: Ahmedabad

Skillset

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Manual Testing

Manual Testing 85%
Web Application Testing 95%
Mobile Application Testing 95%
Windows Application Testing 90%
Cross Browser Testing 90%
Smoke and Sanity Testing 90%
Functional Testing 90%
API Testing 70%
Database Testing 55%
Non-Functional Testing 45%

Automation Testing

Automation Testing 55%
Selenium Webdriver + Java 70%
TestNG 60%
Cucumber (BDD Framework) 50%
Robot Framework 50%

Tools and Technology

Atlassian JIRA 90%
Microsoft Azure DevOps 75%
Postman 60%
RPA - Jiffy.ai 60%
Apache JMeter 30%

Certificates and Guiding Principles

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

Professional Certificates and honors I have reached.

01 / 17
PSM1
Professional Scrum Master™ level I (PSM I)
02 / 17
SODFC
Scrum for Ops and DevOps Fundamentals
03 / 17
ISTQB AGILE
ISTQB® - Foundation Level Agile Tester
04 / 17
ISTQB CTFL
ISTQB® - Foundation Level
05 / 17
SFC
Scrum Fundamentals Certified
06 / 17
Generative AI
Generative AI Overview for Project Managers
07 / 17
SFPC
Scrum Foundations Professional Certificate
08 / 17
GAIQ
Google Analytics Individual Qualification
09 / 17
AGA
Advanced Google Analytics
10 / 17
GAB
Google Analytics for Beginners
11 / 17
RWVC
Remote Work and Virtual Collaboration
12 / 17
AutomationSpecialist
Tricentis - Automation Specialist Level 1
13 / 17
BlazeMeter
BlazeMeter - Introduction to Mock Services
14 / 17
SelectorsHub
SelectorsHub Certification
15 / 17
Udemy - Scrum
Udemy - Scrum Master Prep Questions
16 / 17
Udemy - Software
Udemy - Software Testing
17 / 17
MS
2310C Developing Web Applications

Darshit Shah's Guiding Principles

Certain principles keep me grounded and focused in a right way as for today's businesses it's easier to lose path instead to discover it. I count on the following principles.

The correct way is simply the one that prompts your adaptation of happiness.

We as an individual have various thoughts regarding what joy is, which is the reason we'll do not follow a similar kind of a way. We must be willing to step off the prescribed path and forge our own. Regardless of what your objectives are, in every case there is more than one approach to acknowledge them. Discover yours.

I will work my butt off.

There are countless individuals out there who are more skilled and experienced than me. In any case, I am certain that nobody else will fill in as hard as me whenever given this chance.

I am a self-starter.

I don't keep an eye out for other's consent to deliver excellent quality and solve problems.

I am persistent.

I will do as much iteration as it takes to arrives at the best solutiony.

I am beyond willing (i.e. desperate) to educate out more and improve.

I continually keep searching for approaches to better my specialty and gain from individuals who are far superior to me.

For me, clients are the #1 priority.

I believe that interfaces and functionalities exist to be utilized. They should not get in the user's way and should instead adapt to user's needs and lives.

I invite critics of my work.

I have zero egos and anticipate critics as they generally bring about a superior venture.

I prefer to assist individuals to achieve their objectives.

I believe to inspire everybody around me through the several actions that I exercise, were knowingly or unknowingly I learn, and the joy I can impart to other people.

Achievement or disappointment, I need the fulfillment of realizing my outcomes are my own.

The best rush in work/business is to encounter the achievement that you made yourself. Disappointment and stumble will occur en route. That is regular. At the point when they happen, get up, gain, and move ahead.

The best and most exceedingly terrible things in life are typically the things that happen unplanned.

At the point when any awful thing occurs, learn a lesson from it and pledge to not repeat the practices that permitted them to occur. Also when beneficial events tag along, explore, and figure out how to invigorate better things like them to occur. That is called making your own karma, which is a far better choice than attempting to control the uncontrollable.

Work

I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.

I had the pleasure to work with...

Probably the section you are most interested in. Business domains and type of testing with which I have worked.

I have worked in various business domains such as RPA, ecommerce, healthcare, hospitality, finance and education. I have gained good experience in testing web, windows surface and mobile (iOS, Android) applications. To see of them you have to click the card.

I have worked in almost every big brand and been to some nice small ones also. Big or small, I have gained good experience, cool friends and projects to put in my portfolio. Some of the projects were done separately while working in different companies.

Note: All trademarks, images and logos in this portfolio are property of their respective owners.

Domain Ecommerce
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Domain Healthcare and Insurance
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Domain Hospitality and Travel
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Domain Finance
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Domain Education
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Testing Manual and Automation
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Testing Web Application
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Testing Device Application
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Testing API and Database
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Testing RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
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Awards and Mentions

The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.

Yo!...

After spending several months, weeks, days and hours into my work, animating every single section and ensuring that the entire UI/UX is smooth and unique, I proudly present before you the fruitful results of my efforts:

Recommendations on LinkedIn

Testimonials are enough to convince people for now.

Chris

Darshit is an excellent team player and has a strong work ethic. His willingness to keep growing is what sets him apart as well as his great skillset.
I strongly recommend him.

Chris Mucyo

Engineering Manager at Vimeo

Aditya

Darshit and I are working together on the same project and after working with him for over a year I can say he is one of the best Quality Analysts I have worked with in my career. He has excellent testing and analytical skills. He has pretty good knowledge in e-Commerce domain. He recently became a certified Scrum Master which is indeed another feather in his cap. His hunger for certifications is something which I really inspire. He is ISTQB CTFL and certified Agile tester.He has very strong ‘Attention to details’ characteristic which in turn augments his testing skills.

Aditya Chouhan

Engineering Manager | Azure | Delivery & Product Management

Bhumika

Darshit has awesome analysis skill. He has knowledge of most of domains and mostly worked with e-commerce domain. His target to deliver A-One build to client and he prooved it. I have done one project with him but he is the first QA I found who made for the bug. He learned Automated testing, certified ISTQB CTFL and Agile tester. Also, became a certified Profession Scrum Master. It's a great time to work with you.

Bhumika Mehta

Technical Lead

Parth

Darshit is one of the most creative QA engineers I’ve worked with anywhere. I’ve worked closely with him on many issues over the past year. He is very thorough and usually goes beyond the scope of what is asked. He often comes up with relevant use cases that were not previously considered by anyone. In his current QA position, he gets great joy in breaking things, He is just a "Pixel Perfect QA".

Parth Modi

Module Lead

Steven

Darshit is a very dedicated and hard working QA and has been a pleasure to work with. His knowledge and skills always contribute to making any project he works in the best it can be. Most importantly, he is a great person and team member to get along with and a valuable coworker regardless if he's working on the same project or not.

Steven Ma

Technical Team Lead | Certified Flight Instructor (ASEL)

Joseph

Eager, enthusiastic, and thoughtful. Darshit embodies the qualities needed for a stellar team player. His expertise and input in quality assurance is always appreciated and helps deliver a quality user experience.

Joseph Kim

Project Manager

Kajal

I worked with Darshit for 3 years, he is quick in grasping business requirements. He has keen eye to capture small details while testing UI. He has wide range of domain knowledge which he applies skillfully to analyse client requirements and preparing test cases. I would definitely recommend him for testing of Web & Mobile applications.

Kajal Chachapara

Advisory System Analyst

Siddhant

Working with Darshit is an absolute pleasure. He is sound with his knowledge and is good at decision making. Communicating with him is never a problem. If given a chance, I will work with him for a long long time.

Siddhant Sharma

Digital Experience Innovator| Ecommerce | Business consultant

Mahavir

A pixel perfect QA. He has ability to identify all the minor ui issues. Eager to learn new things and getting certificates. Sharp in finding unique scenarios and breaking functionality. Indeed QA qualities and proactive in learning new skills.

Mahavir Vora

Senior Tech Lead

Ahsun

He’s one of the best QA resources I’ve had the pleasure to work with. I appreciate his attention to detail and strong work ethic.

Ahsun Kim

Solutions Engineer

Publications on Medium

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Snapshots from Instagram

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

Food Distribution
Independence Day Event
Navratri Event
Holi Event
Gujarat Samachar E-Paper
Diwali Event
Winter Cap Distribution
Christmas Event
Face Mask Distribution

My Attitude

Do what you love, love what you do.

I Design

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THE CHANGELOG

Version 1.0 - December 25, 2020

Darshit Shah

I Attended

I attended a meet-up where I met a well-known QA expert and influencer and discussed tools, technology, and the future of the QA industry.

Rave Test Party - 2023

I Develop

The making of this black and white portfolio website was a challenging but enjoyable experience that I really learned a lot from.


I Sell

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