Five for Friday – January 24, 2025

I’m a Senior Tester, don’t you know Been testing software for five years or so I got bills to pay and need a better job… Looking for jobs with ‘Senior’ in the name Gotta’s admit, they’re all pretty lame Looks like I’m over-qualified… Someone (non-Microsoft) asked me recently what a “Senior Tester” does. I told…

A lot of people want to see changes happen. Some of those want to make change happen. Whether it’s introducing a new tool to a software team, changing a process, or shifting a culture, many people have tried to make changes happen. And many of those have failed. I’ve known “Jeff” for nearly 20 years….

When the days all blur together, is it really Friday. Maybe I should do three for Thursday instead? For now, I’ll keep it as is 🙂 I just updated to the latest version of Ubuntu (20.04 “Focal Fossa”). Like previous versions, it’s pretty damn good. My manager posted on the Unity blog today about working…

It’s been six years since James Whittaker proclaimed that test was dead (and many people still haven’t figured out what he really meant), and since then testing has continued to change dramatically.   For some of us.   But not for others.   Earlier this week, I linked to an article titled “Stop Hiring Testers”. The title,…

While cleaning out some boxes my Mom had packed away, I came across a yearbook from my freshmen year of high school. I hated my freshmen photo. I had skull surgery a few months earlier (long story for another post), and needed to have my head shaved. As I remember it, by the time school…

Summer is here – or summer is here in spring – not quite sure what it is, but it’s hot. Speaking of hot, check out these hot links I found this week. And that’s it for this week – I hope you found something in these links that you like.