yeah, I feel that having a good sense of how to reproduce is the most important part. Plenty of times where I’ve fixed something yet had 0 clue what was actually happening until after i already fixed it. Every part helps, but know the sequence is probably whats going to end up helping the bug get fixed the fastest.
and quelling your expectations is going to be another good thing, there is a good chance that most bugs are just some simple timing errors causing an issue, or something not responding because its not checking for multiple scenrios.
TBH, it’s probably a good move for a tester to always be recording, it just makes their process easier:
something breaks → go through your recording and try to reproduce your steps. aka, a tester needs to have a good enough computer and storage to keep a good amount of videos.
You’ll still have fun, but I just hope most people expect to be applying to fill in as a tester because they want to actually test features, and not apply to play with them.