{"id":676,"date":"2013-07-09T17:07:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T00:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=676"},"modified":"2013-07-09T17:15:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T00:15:42","slug":"whats-your-super-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/whats-your-super-power\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Your Super Power?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I\u2019m interviewing experienced candidates (for any software role), one question I frequently ask is, \u201cWhat\u2019s your super power?\u201d I like hearing answers like, \u201cI can learn new things really quickly\u201d, or \u201cI\u2019ve found over 1000 security bugs\u201d, or even \u201cI\u2019m a batch file (or other language) wizard\u201d. Recognizing super (or special) powers in yourself shows me that you have some idea how to ride your strengths – and gives me an idea of how you may fit in with the rest of the team.<\/p>\n

Power in Diversity<\/h4>\n

When asking about super powers, I don\u2019t<\/em> like hearing answers like, \u201cI\u2019m good at everything\u201d, or \u201cI\u2019m good at filling in\u201d. Imagine the X-Men, \"\"but instead of five of them, imagine one super hero who was super strong, could teleport, heal from injuries quickly (and has claws!)\u2026who also shot lasers out of their eyes and control the weather. There\u2019s no way Mr. Eye-laser-healer-armor-plated-strongman-mind control-weather controlling dude could kick Magneto\u2019s butt by himself. You need a team to do great things, and great teams have diversity. If the X-Men were just a bunch of people who all shot lasers out of their eyes, their fighting options would be pretty\u00a0 limited. For example, if your test team is a bunch of \u201cautomators\u201d, you\u2019re in a similarly bad place.<\/p>\n

The One Trick Hero<\/h4>\n

Of course, you can\u2019t only<\/em> ride your strengths. Imagine if Storm was a couch potato who happened to have the ability to change the weather. Not only can she change the weather, but she\u2019s buff and knows how to fight. More importantly, she knows how to work on a team and contribute her<\/em> skills to the greater good of the team. As a tester \u2013 or a test leader, your super powers are important \u2013 not just to you, but to the success of your team.<\/p>\n

So \u2013 what is<\/em> your super power?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I\u2019m interviewing experienced candidates (for any software role), one question I frequently ask is, \u201cWhat\u2019s your super power?\u201d I like hearing answers like, \u201cI can learn new things really quickly\u201d, or \u201cI\u2019ve found over 1000 security bugs\u201d, or even \u201cI\u2019m a batch file (or other language) wizard\u201d. Recognizing super (or special) powers in yourself…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}