Ever since becoming a manager, my motto has always been "People before Projects", meaning that ultimately, if I provided my team everything they need, then the project work would take care of itself. Working for a big corporation which has a lot of moving parts, meant that for a while, I was consistently in 6 … Continue reading The “No Desk” Experiment – Working Closer With My Team
Author: siprior
I am a highly motivated Software Testing professional with a keen interest in finding ways to improve the testing process and ensuring products are released with the highest possible quality. I also love coaching/mentoring my team to be the best they can, enabling them to use all possible tools and skills to get their job done to the best of their ability.
I am a big advocate for spreading the awareness of the Testing profession in Schools and Universities and also pushing the cause of #Neurodiversity in the workplace
I love the Testing Community, there are so many opportunities to share knowledge, talk to others, attend events and learn. Of course, there are always different perspectives, different opinions and different ideas and this is part of what makes the community so great! I had heard the term “Imposter Syndrome” banded about for the last … Continue reading Are Some of Us Doing it Wrong?
My first conference since TestBash in 2015 and I had genuinely forgotten the buzz that these events provide. There was a real sense of community, I made some new contacts, caught up with people I had met before and generally networked with everyone who would talk to me. On top of that, I would also … Continue reading UKStar 2018 – Fuelling the Passion
I've been in Software Engineering since I left University as a graduate in 2006 and have performed many roles such as Software Developer, Scrum Master, Build Engineer and then in 2010, I moved into Software QA. At that point, I had several awesome mentors who I owe so much for fueling my love and passion … Continue reading A Change in Perspective – Moving from Tech Lead to Manager
In Summer 2016, i kicked off the #MakeATester project on social media, asking for the community and beyond to tell me what skills are needed for new testers to get started in a testing career. I published the results in early 2017 and since then, have been working hard to try and push the awareness … Continue reading It’s Been A While – A #MakeATester Update
Last August I kicked off a little social media project on the back of my shock at the lack of content on University syllabus' for Software Testing or QA. With this, I asked the increasingly awesome Testing community to list the skills/attributes that are required to make a good tester. Life then kind of took … Continue reading What Skills #MakeATester – The Results
So as my last post showed, Universities aren't really considering Software Testing as a core topic of Computer Science degree courses. Therefore, by the time graduates are looking for jobs, testing isn't really on their radar. The same can be said for potential testers who haven't got degrees. As shown in a recent "Let's Talk … Continue reading What Skills #MakeATester? – A collaborative approach to help future Testers get a chance.
When I left university 10 years ago, I had no clue I would end up in QA/Testing. I didn't even realise it was an option! Looking back on my degree course (and I really enjoyed my degree), it was very Programming heavy (C#, C++, Java and Prolog all taught) and testing was only taught as … Continue reading Software Testing at University – Is it an Option?
I'm sure most of us will have worked on projects where without having to do any particularly extensive test scenarios or having hardly dived into exploring the product, you find things that break that would be immediately obvious to the customer. This kind of project depresses me (even though it is fun to find defects), … Continue reading Making Your Testing Effective
For me, Testing is a mindset, not just a role that needs to be performed. Testing isn't just part of the development cycle, it should be ingrained in every stage. Every aspect can be 'tested', whether that be requirements, architectural diagrams, code, unit tests, test scripts, user docs etc. When Does Testing Start? If I'm … Continue reading The Testing Mindset
Simon Prior 