Diversity has rightly become a big topic of discussion across many media and in the last few years there have been huge movements globally to try and correct imbalances in the workforce. These have included Race, Gender, LGBTQ, Age and Physical Disabilities. A lot of companies have worked really hard to close the gaps within … Continue reading Thinking Differently – Embracing Neurodiversity in Tech
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Following on from my previous post which focused on my personal testing values, this one will look at my Leadership values. I guess the first point to elaborate on is what is meant by Leadership? The dictionary definition suggests: "The action of leading a group of people or an organisation, or the ability to do … Continue reading My Personal Leadership Values
As I am currently going through a transition in my career of moving companies for the first time since i got a graduate position 12 years ago, it has really become clear to me how important it is to have personal values not just for your life as a whole but equally for your work … Continue reading My Personal Testing Values
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
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.
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