{"id":3077,"date":"2021-06-11T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2022-08-12T15:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T15:47:26","slug":"interview-with-dmitry-qa-automation-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/interview-with-dmitry-qa-automation-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Dmitry, QA Automation Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-devexperts-custom-thumbnail\"><figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 639px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-600x338.png 2x, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-300x169.png 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 640px) and (max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-1168x657.png 2x, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-600x338.png 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-1168x657.png 2x, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-728x410.png 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-1168x657.png 1x, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-690x388.png 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-1752x986.png 2x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-1752x986.png 1.5x,\n\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-870x489.png 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"singleThumbnail lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-1024x576.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Dmitry-Post-inner-870x489.png\"\/><\/picture><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In our latest edition of&nbsp;dxSpotlight, we welcomed Dmitry, QA Automation Lead based in our Porto office.&nbsp;In this conversation, we explore the lessons learned working at&nbsp;Devexperts&nbsp;for more over than a decade, the&nbsp;philosophies&nbsp;and life changes that define us,&nbsp;and&nbsp;what music has to do with&nbsp;all of this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-have-been-at-devexperts-for-quite-a-long-time-11-years-in-fact-what-are-the-main-reasons-for-your-long-lasting-dedication-to-the-company\">You have been at&nbsp;Devexperts&nbsp;for quite a long time &#8211; 11 years, in fact. What are the main reasons for your long-lasting dedication to the company?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s&nbsp;definitely&nbsp;the&nbsp;people.&nbsp;We&nbsp;have a lot of crazy interesting people and the&nbsp;community&nbsp;we have here is&nbsp;incredibly supportive.&nbsp;If you are proactive enough, you can always find ways to evolve&nbsp;within&nbsp;the company and have fun doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-would-you-define-your-path-inside-the-company\">How would you define your path inside the company?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It was quite interesting.&nbsp;I would say my path within the company&nbsp;was not revolutionary but evolutionary.&nbsp;I look at it as taking one step at&nbsp;a&nbsp;time&nbsp;and never ceasing to be&nbsp;curious about the work we develop&nbsp;and all I am learning along the way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-were-the-most-important-things-you-have-learned-over-the-years-working-at-devexperts\">What were the most important things you have learned over the years working at&nbsp;Devexperts?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s&nbsp;a good question. I would say the main thing&nbsp;I have&nbsp;learned is that people should be able to make mistakes.&nbsp;It&#8217;s&nbsp;one of the most&nbsp;important&nbsp;features&nbsp;of&nbsp;us as human beings&nbsp;to make mistakes and fix them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-interesting-you-say-that-as-a-quality-assurance-professional-someone-who-is-the-last-frontier-before-the-product-is-released\">It\u2019s&nbsp;interesting you say that as a Quality Assurance professional, someone who is the last frontier before the product is&nbsp;released.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, it is! But&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;real. At&nbsp;Devexperts, you are allowed to make mistakes.&nbsp;It&#8217;s&nbsp;always ok to make mistakes&nbsp;because&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;always more important how you deal with them.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-2048x1134.png 2048w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-320x177.png 320w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-382x212.png 382w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-578x320.png 578w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-1366x756.png 1366w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-1680x930.png 1680w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_1-1920x1063.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) calc(100vw - 30px), 870px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dmitry shares an important piece of advice for those starting their career in QA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-as-a-qa-automation-lead-what-would-be-the-most-important-thing-you-would-like-people-to-know-about-your-job\">As a QA Automation Lead, what would be the most important thing you would like people to know about your job?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Automation is not a separate domain or qualification, but rather, an integral part of&nbsp;basically any&nbsp;testing. In fact, by 2021, no serious progress can be made without at least semi-automated tools. So, in the nearest future, we&nbsp;definitely need&nbsp;more knowledge sharing and synchronization among all engineering teams.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-so-you-think-you-are-creating-a-sort-of-blueprint-of-what-s-to-come\">So, you think&nbsp;you are&nbsp;creating a sort of blueprint of&nbsp;what&#8217;s&nbsp;to come?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes,&nbsp;kind of.&nbsp;In 2021, the schedules and demands from the market for the product we are creating will be even more tight and tight for each new client that we have. So,&nbsp;unfortunately,&nbsp;or fortunately for everyone involved in testing, we will all be automating at some point&nbsp;in&nbsp;time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-if-you-could-give-a-piece-of-advice-to-someone-starting-their-career-in-qa-what-would-that-be\">If you could give a piece of advice to someone starting their career in QA, what would that be?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Get some coding skills.&nbsp;Learn at least one&nbsp;programming language&nbsp;at a proper level to be able to read and&nbsp;compose simple&nbsp;solutions.&nbsp;As soon as you know the first one&nbsp;pretty well,&nbsp;then&nbsp;probably the next one will come easier to learn.&nbsp;The same with&nbsp;other&nbsp;languages. If you know English, it will be much easier for you to later understand other languages, for example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next few years, I think knowing at least one programming language will be critical if you want to start in QA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-would-you-define-your-style-of-leadership\">How would you define your style of leadership?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I am&nbsp;a&nbsp;fan of&nbsp;servant leadership, a&nbsp;philosophy that&nbsp;establishes&nbsp;the leader as someone focused on the goals of their&nbsp;team&nbsp;and considers themselves a&nbsp;servant to the team\u2019s needs first.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So,&nbsp;I am&nbsp;always trying to articulate&nbsp;that the main asset of the team is the team itself and put people first.&nbsp;The team leader is just a useful tool to help the team achieve their goal. So,&nbsp;I am&nbsp;fully&nbsp;supportive,&nbsp;and I try to unblock the&nbsp;road, so to speak.&nbsp;Also,&nbsp;I&#8217;m&nbsp;avoiding micromanagement at all costs&nbsp;due to&nbsp;the risk of getting in the way of the team\u2019s work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-2048x1134.png 2048w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-320x177.png 320w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-382x212.png 382w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-578x320.png 578w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-1366x756.png 1366w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-1680x930.png 1680w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_2-1920x1063.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) calc(100vw - 30px), 870px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>For Dmitry, leadership is all about the team itself and their goals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-strategies-do-you-use-to-keep-your-team-motivated-while-working-from-home\">What strategies do you use to keep your team motivated while working from home?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m&nbsp;happy to note that for the majority of this COVID time, teams are productive no matter where they work from.&nbsp;It&#8217;s&nbsp;obvious that people&#8217;s productivity can vary from time to time, but in most&nbsp;cases,&nbsp;there are obvious reasons behind that.&nbsp;Some people are even more productive because now&nbsp;because&nbsp;they&nbsp;are able to&nbsp;build a more suitable schedule.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started to have more meetings. They are shorter but&nbsp;they happen&nbsp;more often.&nbsp;One thing&nbsp;I also find&nbsp;very important&nbsp;is&nbsp;to celebrate work achievements amongst the&nbsp;team. So, when we achieve something, even if&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;small,&nbsp;I&#8217;m&nbsp;always trying to&nbsp;talk&nbsp;about it publicly within our team so that people feel a sense of accomplishment even if their immediate surroundings&nbsp;don&#8217;t&nbsp;change in any way. If&nbsp;you are&nbsp;locked at home,&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;quite easy to lose yourself and&nbsp;these kinds of things&nbsp;help everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-have-made-quite-a-substantial-change-in-your-life-in-the-past-few-years-with-the-change-of-scenery-from-russia-to-portugal-what-made-you-decide-to-move-to-porto\">You have made quite&nbsp;a substantial change&nbsp;in your life in the past few years with the change of scenery from Russia to Portugal. What made you decide to move to Porto?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The same thing&nbsp;that made me go to QA and then automation and&nbsp;so on. My attitude in life is to think&nbsp;&#8220;why not?&#8221;. If I have an opportunity, why not try it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-were-there-some-cultural-surprises-that-you-found-interesting-or-amusing-when-you-first-started-living-in-porto\">Were there some cultural surprises that you found interesting or amusing when you first started living in Porto?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything seemed a little surprising to me because I had never been to Portugal before I moved. But&nbsp;I&#8217;m&nbsp;into adventures, so&nbsp;that&#8217;s&nbsp;ok. The very first time&nbsp;I&#8217;ve&nbsp;seen Porto was the day of my arrival to Porto. Everything looked like a surprise to me in a&nbsp;way,&nbsp;but nothing really like a&nbsp;<em>bang<\/em>. I was mostly quite surprised at how friendly&nbsp;the&nbsp;Portuguese people are. So,&nbsp;I&#8217;ve&nbsp;always felt like at home. Everyone here is&nbsp;very&nbsp;open, super welcoming and I feel&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;quite easy to live&nbsp;here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-describe-yourself-as-someone-who-is-a-fan-of-learning-new-things-what-sort-of-things-do-you-enjoy-learning-the-most-about\">You describe yourself as someone who is a fan of learning new things. What sort of things do you enjoy learning the most about?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology, above all. Last year I spent a lot of time learning&nbsp;javascript. We have a small project inside the QA department&nbsp;that&nbsp;we have developed for testing candidates. I spent plenty of time developing this project and I enjoyed it a lot because learning JavaScript was&nbsp;pretty fun&nbsp;and interesting.&nbsp;Working on this project also made me want to refresh my knowledge in CSS and HTML, so that was very enjoyable as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other things I have learned recently: I have switched from Photoshop to Affinity, and (ok, almost) from FL to Ableton. Bought a compact mixer to do computerless music so I can now epically&nbsp;fail to&nbsp;keep the rhythm against digital machines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-there-is-also-a-very-different-side-of-you-as-an-electronic-music-artist-what-do-you-love-the-most-about-creating-music\">There is also&nbsp;a very different&nbsp;side of you as an electronic music artist. What do you love the most about creating music?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a great hobby. It\u2019s a&nbsp;nice way to spend thousands of days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I find it very enjoyable to see people enjoying the music I wrote. Sharing emotions can be an amazing thing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-do-you-think-this-creative-activity-fuels-your-job-somehow\">Do you think this creative activity fuels your job somehow?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, actually, I&nbsp;think&nbsp;I\u2019ve&nbsp;started working at&nbsp;Devexperts&nbsp;to buy my first&nbsp;Moog&nbsp;synthesizer.&nbsp;Despite that idea,&nbsp;the&nbsp;funny thing is that I ended up not buying it at the time. Eventually&nbsp;later on&nbsp;I\u2019ve&nbsp;bought other&nbsp;musical instruments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to how this activity influences my work, I believe I can say&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;in the process of creation&nbsp;itself. Creating music is all about repetition,&nbsp;struggling with frustration,&nbsp;and fighting your own laziness. That&nbsp;ongoing creative&nbsp;struggle helps with your other tasks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It helps to force you into a productive state, which ends up being something quite important in&nbsp;technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-2048x1134.png 2048w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-320x177.png 320w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-382x212.png 382w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-578x320.png 578w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-1366x756.png 1366w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-1680x930.png 1680w, https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dx_spotlight_3-1920x1063.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) calc(100vw - 30px), 870px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dmitry&#8217;s journey at Devexperts started with music on his mind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-and-why-didn-t-you-end-up-buying-the-synthesizer-you-wanted\">And why didn&#8217;t you end up buying the synthesizer&nbsp;you wanted?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I got happily distracted with work itself. Programming in IT turned out to be a very entertaining thing as well, so I ended up splitting my time between work and music. But no worries, I have some musical instruments and&nbsp;I\u2019m&nbsp;sure I will keep getting more equipment in the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can enjoy Dmitry&#8217;s music at the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/parhelia\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4DrgpbyM6X11r8U651vN7S\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/pt\/artist\/parhelia\/189195313\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-our-previous-edition-of-dxspotlight-with-petya-dapkova-vp-sales-administration\">Read our previous edition of dxSpotlight with <a href=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/interview-with-petya-dapkova-vp-sales-administration\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/devexperts.com\/blog\/interview-with-petya-dapkova-vp-sales-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Petya Dapkova, VP Sales Administration<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our latest edition of&nbsp;dxSpotlight, we welcomed Dmitry, QA Automation Lead based in our Porto office.&nbsp;In this conversation, we explore &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2022],"tags":[327,2017],"class_list":["post-3077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","tag-career","tag-interview"],"acf":{"nifty_post_card_image":4413,"nifty_post_card_index_big":4415,"nifty_post_inner_image":4826,"nifty_post_card_banner":4414},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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