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August - Toread

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31st August šŸ“»Ā How Can You Stop Comparing Yourself With Other People?Ā If you manage people then this podcast is worth a listen. Having a better understanding of why we compare ourselves to others (social creatures living in hierarchicalĀ structures)Ā andā€¦
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How Falling Behind Can Get You Ahead

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ā€œJack of all trades, master of none,ā€ the saying goes. But it is culturally telling that we have chopped off the ending: ā€œā€¦but oftentimes better than master of one.ā€
3 things that motivates us to work

July - Toread

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At the intersection of software, technology and people  What is this? Things Iā€™ve been reading this week that Iā€™ve found interesting or intriguing. Sharing because I thought you might like them too. Most of the linksā€¦
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Future of testers: somewhere between users, teams and businesses

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3 minute read I've been thinking a lot recently about what the future of the testers role could look like. Especially in teams that not only fully embrace CI/CD or DevOps but actually get some way towards implementing the ideas behind theā€¦
Thanks to Bruno Wolff for sharing their work on Unsplash.

What do testers do next?

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If the perceived value of testers is just to test the changes made by the development team then the future of the testers role looks bleak but could it be more than this?

June - Toread

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Toread At the intersection of software, technology and people  What is this? Things Iā€™ve been reading this week that Iā€™ve found interesting or intriguing. Sharing because I thought you might like them too. Most ofā€¦

May - ToRead

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Things Iā€™ve been reading this week that Iā€™ve found interesting or intriguing. Most of the links will revolve at the intersection between software, technology and people - with the occasional testing slant. I aim to update them weekly, with some commentary on my thoughts and findings

Building a quality culture: Is it quality assurance or quality awareness?

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A way to see if the work your are doing in your team is about building team awareness or team assurance of quality
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Agile Manchester 2020: Testers Edition

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Iā€™ve always found that tester representation at agile conferences to be lacking. Itā€™s a bit like it doesnā€™t have the word test in the titles so itā€™s not for me. Personally Iā€™ve always found a treasure trove of information from talksā€¦
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Building confidence with automation

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For automation to be accepted and therefore successful people need to feel confident in the process, but how do you do that for test automation? "Show" them the process or build trust with the person doing the work.