Next month I will finally complete by BS in Electrical Engineering. I could not afford to continue at the time, was not enjoying what I was studying, and was doing bad in school. Since I left school I have tried to find jobs that I found interesting. I had a QA internship (1 yr) at a major company, a switch database engineer job at a telecomm (1 yr), test engineer (1.5 years) job at an IT test lab, and my current QA Analyst (2 yrs) job. Testing software is something that I enjoy but would like to move up in responsibility. Being a lead and a project manager are things I strive for. However I am not sure how to proceed. Recently I have looked into the different QA certifications but I am not sure how well those are received. What steps would you recommend? My current job does not offer the opportunity to move up as there is a very low turnover rate and few if any openings.