Any coders or programmers out there?

[colmatrix]

I've taken a job where I'm expected to find and debug software...what type of experience would one normally be required to have to test the functionality of software? I'm interested because I have none. No experience or training. Is it possible to take some online tutorials or am I way out of my league?

[Monic]

You don't need experience or training to test the functionalities of a software, if they want it to be tested by a user. You just have to work/play with the software, and note the problems (bugs) you encounter.

But to guess what the bugs could be, to find the bugs, and to debug the software, you need to be a programmer who knows or who can find his way around the language used. I don't see how you could do it otherwise.

Of course, it is possible for you to learn, on your own, the language the software is written into. But it takes time, especially if you don't know any other computer language.