Secrets of SDET Success
In case you missed it, I blogged about testers at MS over at the Expert Testers blog (which is probably a blog you should add to your blog roll if it’s not there already).
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End-Note
My one-year-anniversary-of-leaving-Microsoft post (link) blew up quite a bit more than I expected. It was a reflection – and while it called out some all-too-true stories of bad management and shitty leadership, a few things I called out in the post just didn’t shout out enough over the stories. I received a lot of comments…