Career Paths for Testers Using Personas

The US election is 4 days away. If you haven’t already voted – make a plan. Here’s some new (to me) stuff this week. I didn’t have a TV until last week. I took a chance on a Hisense H9 series, and so far, it’s been a dream. I’m currently reading Seeking SRE. I like…

Another week gone, and I’m still frustrated with the world around me. Trying to stay positive, but…sheesh. Here’s some stuff worth reading. I’m cheating, but this is worth it. Here is a post highligting seven must-reads for women in tech. I don’t often highlight AB Testing podcasts here, but we had Anne-Marie Charrett on a…

Purely random non-testing info here, but important if you ever need to pick me out of a crowd. I’ve been having hair issues recently, and it’s been pointed out that I’ve become difficult to recognize. This blog post is your clue to finding me should I ever fall off the grid. Once upon a time…

Different week – same stuff. Long time readers probably find patterns in the things I like to read (or at least the things I like to share). Here’s what I found this week. I really enjoyed this article on How Google SRE and Developers Collaborate Like a lot of Americans, I have paid a lot…

The days keep getting more blurred. This is the Friday before a three-day weekend. What is a weekend anyway? Here are some things I thought were interesting as I stumbled through the last week. Lisa Crispin gave a talk this week comparing the Agile Test principles with the Modern Testing Principles. Not surprisingly, they overlap…

Like most Microsoft employees, I have a whiteboard in my office, and mine (also like most) gets used a lot for notes, explanations, architecture, or whatever. This is nothing new – it’s part of the software culture. A few years ago, I recorded a few handfuls of these talks (some slightly staged) with some all-star…