Why I love testing, and love helping others find testing joy too
Why do I love software testing, and helping others find their own testing joy? The latest book we are reading in the DevOps Book Club, led by the awesome Tristan Lombard and Niranjani Manoharan, is Start with Why by Simon Sinek. Starting with “why” has always made sense to me. Gojko Adzic’s Impact Mapping was […]
It’s not all about “years of experience”
I’m happy to see more people talking about job ads for testers with arbitrary requirements like “3 years experience”. In the last several years, I have met many testing and quality professionals who, with only one or two years in the profession, are sharing their valuable insights in conference talks, blogs and other media. Your […]
I’m independent!
For the past couple decades, I’ve enjoyed working as a hands-on tester and internal test consultant at several different companies. I was lucky to be a part of some teams who achieved a high level of product quality, team performance, and joy. Whatever the outcome – I always learned a lot! At the same time, […]
Needed more than ever: courage
Recently, I misunderstood a request to contribute my thoughts on skills for testers going forward into the 21st century and wrote the following. It wasn’t appropriate for that publication, but I still would like to share it. Courage isn’t exactly a skill, it’s more of an ability or characteristic, and we need it more than […]