{"id":5105,"date":"2021-03-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parashift.io\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2025-11-30T22:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:41:35","slug":"introduction-to-ela-skirlo-our-quality-assurance-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parashift.ai\/en\/introduction-to-ela-skirlo-our-quality-assurance-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Ela Skirlo, our quality assurance engineer at Parashift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello dear Ela, nice to talk to you and nice to have you on board at Parashift. To start off, tell us a bit about yourself, what the reasons are that brought you to Parashift and what you do here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like to participate in projects that make sense and can change or improve things. I think I’m also a person who likes challenges, who will try new things even if they seem difficult.

When I read about Parashift, I immediately felt that this company was perfect for me. I read about a product that seemed like a very interesting and super helpful solution, and the job posting was very fun.

Long story short, I joined a team as a quality assurance engineer. My job is to make sure the product works correctly and is easy to use. But I also help with customer support.

What would you say is your superpower?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not sure if I have any. \ud83d\ude42 But if I have to come up with something, I would say breaking things, which is kind of helpful in my job. \ud83d\ude42

But joking aside, I think my superpower may be that I constantly step out of my comfort zone, even when I’m totally scared. Another one is that I can make the best pierogi. \ud83d\ude42

What\u2019s currently the most challenging problem you\u2019re working on and why?<\/strong>

We are working on our public release of the Parashift Platform<\/a> right now. My super cool dev team is adding a lot of new features and functionalities and my job is to test them, sometimes it’s hard to get organized when so many things are happening at once, but as I said, I like challenges, they make me feel alive. \ud83d\ude42

Let’s zoom out a bit and imagine that you could swap jobs with anyone else within Parashift, whose job would you want?<\/strong>

Oh, it’s hard to say, I really like my role. But I think the machine learning work is very interesting, so I would probably swap with someone from the machine learning team.

Alright. Then let’s get to a question I personally like a lot. What does a paradigm shift mean to you, and why did you decide to join a crazy bunch and contribute to one yourself?<\/strong>

A paradigm shift is essential, and I believe Parashift can be a game-changer for many businesses and people. I am a fan of solutions that can make life and everyday activities easier. Very often, such solutions require a big shift in thinking and approach. So I always admire people who can come up with such great ideas and I am very excited when I can be part of a team that works on such a vision and help manifest a paradigm shift.

How do you envision the next five years for Parashift?<\/strong>

I believe that our product will get better and better and that Parashift will grow significantly as a result and become a recognizable company. One of our favorite ideas is that one day we will be able to build a new office with a place for indoor climbing. Let’s see if we can make that a reality so soon.

In case some of our readers are looking for inspiring book or podcast recommendations\u2026 What would you recommend and why?<\/strong>

I like to learn things about people or nature. One of the books that helped me to look at working with people from other cultures from a different perspective and to deal with the situation that we grew up in the different cultures is the book “The Culture Map”<\/a> by Erin Meyer.

Wonderful. Thank you so much Ela for taking the time and sharing<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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