I’ve recently joined a new project with a new Client, but I’m still getting many calls from recruiters. Some callers are satisfied with an answer “No, thanks. I’m not available already”, others want to engage in conversation as if I’d still be looking. And I proceed, sometimes, which is to a mutual benefit. We get [...]
In 1995 a little girl was sent to a juvenile detention centre for crimes she actually did commit. She was, in due course, released and proceeded to the London Underground to travel home. Today, unwanted by the government she is desperately seeking employment. If you have a job, if no-one else can help and if [...]
Are you a testing professional? Are you an active community member and contributor? Do you have your own blog dedicated to software testing? And you are still not certified? That’s a shame, really. First of all, word “certification” is cool. It has a magic, brain-powdering effect on recruiters. It is also loved by keyword search [...]
Hooorumph. Another set. Hooorumph. Yet more sets. “More” shouts the foreman. “We need more identikit testers”. “More”. “The industry needs more”. Many of these sets of Plastic Testers would end up testing software all over the world. Some in creative and inspirational environments, others in soul destroying work places. All would leave the factory as [...]
I had a challenge of building a new QA team from scratch. At that time I just joined, and was learning about our products, who our target demographics are and how the release process works, etc. I needed to find the right testers who would thrive in our environment. This company knows that for a [...]
Humpty Dumpty sat high on the wall, The plan having him sit there, ever so tall The tester frowned and said “The slightest fumble will surely send poor Humpty into a fatal tumble” His risk was poo poo’d, So show them the danger of falling he would, Up high, and high up, the wall he [...]
There was once a software company building software. Their managers however were obsessed with planning. They planned for everything. And if a bug was found, but wasn’t officially linked to a test plan, then searching questions were asked. Everything needed a plan. Nothing was done without a plan. It was deemed possible to plan for [...]
In the previous three installments, we learned that Fritz Bauer from Germany is credited with the term ‘Software Engineering’ as a way to approach the problem related to producing large software systems. We also learned that several approaches were proposed to tackle this issue and that the first conference was the biggest outcome from their [...]
Yes, yes, I know that recruiters are telling about it all the time: they’re screening a resume in 20 seconds. I also know from own experience that they often “sort out” exemplars that stand out of the crowd in a bright way. No surprise, then, that test managers take ownership of the process. They do [...]
Last time, we found out how the idea of ‘Software Engineering’ was first discussed. Now we find out more about this elusive institute as well as the conference. There Can Be Only One… Over the next few months, they also considered the conference. In fact, there were two separate conferences suggested. “One would be a [...]
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