DUBLIN, Calif., July 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QASymphony (www.qasymphony.com), a developer of software testing tools, today announced that the company is sponsoring a contest for SummerQAmp participants that officially kicks off on August 6. Participants will compete to find defects on public websites and will receive training and a copy of QASymphony's qTrace, a tool for defect capture and recording.
SummerQAmp is a new initiative aimed at creating internships for young adults (ages 18-24) to introduce Quality Assurance (QA) as a potential career path to American youth who are unaware of the opportunity. The program allows the participants to gain valuable work experience as summer interns at software companies.
Developed as a commitment to the White House's Summer Jobs+ initiative, SummerQAmp is being led by Aneesh Chopra, former CTO of the White House, musician Jon Bon Jovi, Steve Martocci, co-founder of GroupMe, and Kevin Haggard, Vice President of Quality Engineering at WhaleShark Media.
With strategic support from CampInteractive (www.campinteractive.org), an organization dedicated to empowering inner city youth, SummerQAmp has secured more than 30 internship placements at top technology companies in its inaugural year.
Based on validated defects, SummerQAmp contest contestants with the highest number of severity defects found and submitted wins. Each validated bug will be prioritized and weighed against the criticality of fixing it.
Contest participants will document and submit defects using the qTrace tool by QASymphony. qTrace is a software defect and reporting tool that records the tester's every movement, screen and system information as the tester navigates through the application annotating notes while testing.
The top winners will receive a free Apple iPad and cash prizes.
About QASymphony
Founded in June 2011 with offices in Boston and Dublin, Calif., QASymphony is a software company built to revolutionize how software is tested, adopted, and supported. We are an early stage, self-funded, software-loving team, united by a common belief that software could be better, and better tested. For more information, visit www.qasymphony.com.
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About SummerQAmp
SummerQAmp is a nationwide initiative to train a new workforce in high-tech skills and create tech jobs for American youth. The goal of SummerQAmp is to introduce Quality Assurance (QA) as a potential career path to American youth (ages 18-24) who are unaware of the opportunity by allowing them to gain valuable work experience as summer interns at software companies. For more information, visit www.summerqamp.org.
About CampInteractive
CampInteractive is a not-for-profit organization that empowers inner-city youth through the inspiration of the outdoors and the creative power of technology. We believe that when urban teenagers step back into nature and forward into technology they gain invaluable skills, heighten their academic standing, and begin to realize more of life's possibilities. For more information, visit campinteractive.org.
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