Redefining Growth: Your Skills, Your Path, Your Next Move

Too soon! I'm not willing to state publicly that summer is over. The weather might argue with me. But, as we slowly move towards Fall, what better way to spend our time than to meet up with our fellow testers and talk about testing?

This time we have a speaker duo coming in with a topic that is truly near and dear to all of our hards.

Redefining Growth: Your Skills, Your Path, Your Next Move Career growth doesn't have to mean climbing a fixed ladder. As AI reshapes the job market, real growth comes from leaning into the skills you already have - not fitting yourself into a rigid role. This talk reframes career moves, lateral, diagonal, or otherwise, as a deliberate strategy for security and momentum.

What you'll walk away with:

• A framework for identifying transferable skills across roles (QA, Engineering, Program Management, Design, and beyond) • How to evaluate new opportunities vs. waiting for a traditional promotion • Ways to future-proof your career through skill-based versatility, not role-based identity • Real stories of career pivots — what worked, what didn't, and what we'd do differently

Vinnie's Bio: Vinnie Mehta is Lead AI Product Designer at Nanosarte, designing agentic AI experiences with human-in-the-loop safeguards. Previously at AWS, with a background in VFX and creative technology.

Snehal Lohar is an engineering lead who has moved fluidly across quality, engineering, and program delivery — often wearing multiple hats within a single cycle to keep complex programs on track. That range gives her a firsthand view of how transferable skills, not fixed titles, drive resilience and growth.

Venue - Sophos offices - NOTE - the meetup is now on the 15th floor