30 Things Every New Tester Should Learn - 6 Years On
01/15/23 • 42 min
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elcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast, this time we have a slightly different show for you.
Regular host, Chris is joined by the wonderful Heather Reid, as we look back over the brilliant article Heather wrote back in 2017 - 30 Things Every New Software Tester Should Learn on the Ministry of Testing site.
Before we look back at Heather's article, we talk about anything from our past online that we might find a little cringey.
Then we review the article, written almost exactly six years ago, talking through all 30 tasks, and Heather provides some insight into each task, as well as where she would make changes, remove or replace any task.
We cover a lot of interesting topics, and below are links to some of the things we discuss.
- QA In Your Job Titles? - Ministry of Testing (The Club)
- Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects - Coursera
- Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Workflow by Dominica Degrandis (Book via Amazon)
- Ministry of Testing - Go Pro!
- Team Guide to Software Testability: Better software through greater testability by Ash Winter and Rob Meaney (Book via Amazon)
- Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories by Gojko Adzic and David Evans (Book via Amazon)
- Starting Your Software Testing Career by Nicola Lindgren (Book via Leanpub)
- How Can I Test This? by Nicola Lindgren, Mike Harris, Suman Bala, Philip Wong, and Shawn Shaligram (Book via Leanpub)
- Testing Web APIs by Mark Winteringham (Book via Amazon)
- Contemporary Exploratory Testing by Maaret Pyhäjärvi (Book via Leanpub)
- Would Heu-Risk it? Tools, traps and weapons for Software Testing by Lena Wiberg (Book via Leanpub)
- Understanding where quality starts as a tester - Vernon Richards (via LinkedIn)
- Software Testing Heuristics: Mind The Gap! by Richard Bradshaw and Sarah Deery (via Ministry of Testing)
- Workroom Productions - Get Better at Software Testing
- Accessibility Testing 101 - Crystal Preston-Watson (Talk from TestBash San Francisco 2019, via Ministry of Testing PRO)
- Introduction To Accessibility Testing - Deborah Reid (Course via Ministry of Testing)
- The Big Test Theory - Ady Stokes
elcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast, this time we have a slightly different show for you.
Regular host, Chris is joined by the wonderful Heather Reid, as we look back over the brilliant article Heather wrote back in 2017 - 30 Things Every New Software Tester Should Learn on the Ministry of Testing site.
Before we look back at Heather's article, we talk about anything from our past online that we might find a little cringey.
Then we review the article, written almost exactly six years ago, talking through all 30 tasks, and Heather provides some insight into each task, as well as where she would make changes, remove or replace any task.
We cover a lot of interesting topics, and below are links to some of the things we discuss.
- QA In Your Job Titles? - Ministry of Testing (The Club)
- Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects - Coursera
- Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Workflow by Dominica Degrandis (Book via Amazon)
- Ministry of Testing - Go Pro!
- Team Guide to Software Testability: Better software through greater testability by Ash Winter and Rob Meaney (Book via Amazon)
- Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories by Gojko Adzic and David Evans (Book via Amazon)
- Starting Your Software Testing Career by Nicola Lindgren (Book via Leanpub)
- How Can I Test This? by Nicola Lindgren, Mike Harris, Suman Bala, Philip Wong, and Shawn Shaligram (Book via Leanpub)
- Testing Web APIs by Mark Winteringham (Book via Amazon)
- Contemporary Exploratory Testing by Maaret Pyhäjärvi (Book via Leanpub)
- Would Heu-Risk it? Tools, traps and weapons for Software Testing by Lena Wiberg (Book via Leanpub)
- Understanding where quality starts as a tester - Vernon Richards (via LinkedIn)
- Software Testing Heuristics: Mind The Gap! by Richard Bradshaw and Sarah Deery (via Ministry of Testing)
- Workroom Productions - Get Better at Software Testing
- Accessibility Testing 101 - Crystal Preston-Watson (Talk from TestBash San Francisco 2019, via Ministry of Testing PRO)
- Introduction To Accessibility Testing - Deborah Reid (Course via Ministry of Testing)
- The Big Test Theory - Ady Stokes
Previous Episode
Testing Market Trends
Happy new year! We hope all our listeners have a great 2023. Thank you for being with us on the journey, we hope you all continue to enjoy the podcasts we provide.
In relation to that, in this episode, we review what the Software Testing Market Trends are for 2023. Joining Simon, Chris and David for this episode is long time friend, fan of the podcast and all round testing superstar, Beth Marshall.
Before diving into the main topic, Mr Bantz himself, takes us on a trip down memory lane about brands which we grew up with which we never thought would disappear, from Blockbusters, Cadbury's Fuse, Woolworths, CDs, LoveFilm, Pop Tarts, Telephone Boxes and even Testing Twitter.
Beth then leads the discussion on the Testing Job market trends, discussing the factors that are impacting peoples decisions to move jobs and what they are looking for. Wellbeing, Hybrid working/WFH options, salary are all factors discussed on what causes people to move. We also touch on the global market now in place with the vast increase in amount of people who apply for roles.
We then talk about the Academies and consultancy options available and how they can change how companies hire and individuals looking for specifics in the roles.
What are your experiences with the market?
We hope you found the discussion useful and would love to hear your feedback.
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Next Episode
Glue Work
Hello and welcome to episode 73 of the Testing Peers podcast, where this week we are talking about glue work.
This week, regulars Chris, David and Russell are joined by the brilliant Vernon Richards.
Before diving in, Vernon asks the Peers about their favourite non-work books.
Chris then introduces the main topic of glue work, shouting out to Cassandra Leung for bringing the brilliant talk 'Being Glue' by Tanya Reilly into their world.
You can find the talk here: https://noidea.dog/glue
The group draw comparisons to sports teams and housework, as well as the terrible precedent in the workplace of glue work often being handed to non-males. Often glue work is not recognised, used as a measure of success, but when the person who carries it out isn't present, then it all falls apart!
We discuss a tester's natural inclination to infiltrate the entire SDLC, identify problems in a process, documentation, ways of working, etc. to mitigate issues earlier in the lifecycle.
Vernon also brings up the concept of quiet quitting. Is how we're being measured at work a fair reflection of what we are doing and the value we bring?
We discuss the challenges with this in leadership, to recognise it and present a more balanced view.
A huge thank you to Vernon, for more of his thoughts, follow his social blog here: https://typeshare.co/vernonrichards
We hope you found the discussion useful and would love to hear your feedback.
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