Brent and I gabbed about testing again last week – or sort of…We mostly talked about change management, and why people avoid or embrace change.
We’ll probably settle back to a once every two weeks posting after this – or some sort of regular, sustainable cadence.
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I left out a couple of obvious things in my career post yesterday and thought I’d write them down before I forgot. Managers Yesterday, I wrote about the non-management career path for testers at MS. There is, indeed, a career path for managers – I just tend to talk about the non-management career path because…
I mentioned this at TestBash a few weeks ago (and on a yet-unreleased ABTesting podcast) – and probably on twitter too, but my third “secret” project in a row at Microsoft (following Xbox One and the science project to make Android apps run on Windows Phone) was finally announced to the world on November 2nd….
I try to remember that a big part of my job is growing leaders – and that I need to always try to improve as a leader myself. Most times when I need a little inspiration for reflection, I turn to Simon Sinek, and re-read Together is Better. Here’s one of the quotes that caught my…
I had a twitter conversation this week about roles this week. I’ll recap it – and expand on my views; but first I’ll tell a story. Very early on in the Windows 98 project, I was performing some exploratory testing on the explorer shell and found an interesting (and slightly weird bug). At the end…
A little late today, but still worth sharing… I’m currently re-reading (for at least the fifth time) Jerry Weinberg’s Secret of Consulting. It remains one of the best books I’ve read on leadership. A nice summary of what it means to take ownership in software. Ownership explained for Engineers and Managers From the “hits too…