Testing Rants
09/26/21 • 37 min
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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Our gloves are off this week and we don’t have a specific topic to discuss. Instead we allowed the conversation to flow wherever it took us, with the only point being that this was a chance for us to vent about any frustrations we may have within the testing world.
Before diving into the therapy session, we discussed non-testing frustrations during the pandemic (without getting political). We discussed things such as masks on public transport, gatherings in open spaces and scaremongering in the media. Can you feel the anger amongst us??
In the main discussions, we covered everything and anything that came to mind including:
- Hearing other peoples frustrations in the office
- Social Media Trolling
- Business perception of testing
- Job Titles
- Tools
- Cold emails from Tool Vendors and Recruiters
I think we all needed a lie down after this but we enjoyed getting it all off our chests
We’d love to know what you thought of this as an episode. Do you agree with any of our thoughts? Any other rants you wish to share?
Thank you for listening. Please do get in touch if you would like to know more or would like to give us feedback to help us improve and grow.
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Saffron QA is a provider of recruitment and consultancy services, exclusively for the software testing industry.
You can find out more at https://saffronqa.co.uk/ or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/saffron-qa/
We’ve found Ben from Saffron QA to be a great partner who has signed up to the vision and values that we have set out in our Testing Peers charter and we hope that you will take the time to visit and connect with him.
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Our gloves are off this week and we don’t have a specific topic to discuss. Instead we allowed the conversation to flow wherever it took us, with the only point being that this was a chance for us to vent about any frustrations we may have within the testing world.
Before diving into the therapy session, we discussed non-testing frustrations during the pandemic (without getting political). We discussed things such as masks on public transport, gatherings in open spaces and scaremongering in the media. Can you feel the anger amongst us??
In the main discussions, we covered everything and anything that came to mind including:
- Hearing other peoples frustrations in the office
- Social Media Trolling
- Business perception of testing
- Job Titles
- Tools
- Cold emails from Tool Vendors and Recruiters
I think we all needed a lie down after this but we enjoyed getting it all off our chests
We’d love to know what you thought of this as an episode. Do you agree with any of our thoughts? Any other rants you wish to share?
Thank you for listening. Please do get in touch if you would like to know more or would like to give us feedback to help us improve and grow.
- [email protected]
- Twitter (https://twitter.com/testingpeers)
- LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/testing-peers)
- Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/testingpeers/)
- Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TestingPeers)
- If you like what we do and are able to, please visit our Patreon to explore how you could support us going forwards: https://www.patreon.com/testingpeers
Saffron QA is a provider of recruitment and consultancy services, exclusively for the software testing industry.
You can find out more at https://saffronqa.co.uk/ or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/saffron-qa/
We’ve found Ben from Saffron QA to be a great partner who has signed up to the vision and values that we have set out in our Testing Peers charter and we hope that you will take the time to visit and connect with him.
Previous Episode
Accountability
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast!!
This time the Peers are talking accountability, which is actually the foundational reason for the wider Testing Peers group.
After initially discussing the accountability of keeping your camera on in meetings, and what you may have ended up doing with the camera off, such as gardening, making tea or playing Mario Kart Tour on our phones.
We then dive into the main topic, what is accountability? Why is accountability important?
After defining what it is, we discuss what that looks like for us, diving deeper with a lot of probing questions (we are all testers, after all).
Further on, we discuss different dynamics and scenarios, as well as giving a shout out to people and organisations who build in the open.
We really value accountability and your feedback, as we look to continuously improve this podcast. Thank you for your time and for listening.
Saffron QA is a provider of recruitment and consultancy services, exclusively for the software testing industry.
You can find out more at https://saffronqa.co.uk/ or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/saffron-qa/
We’ve found Ben from Saffron QA to be a great partner who has signed up to the vision and values that we have set out in our Testing Peers charter and we hope that you will take the time to visit and connect with him.
Next Episode
Testing From The Start
Welcome to episode 40 of the Testing Peers! Episode 40??? How did that happen? Pleased to know people are still listening and supporting us! Thank you so much for this.
In this episode, the peers discuss why we would want to have testing/quality activities happening earlier in a project cycle. The benefits of doing this and what happens if this doesn’t happen.
Before this, Russell asks the peers about their proudest achievements which is a good trip down memory lane for everyone.
A lot of the conversations come back to the benefits to communications and building a collaborative environment, whether this is in a waterfall or an agile environment, it can be seen to benefit the whole team for testing activities and testability discussions to be done at the very beginning.
We’re sure you all have tales to share on this topic, please feel free to get in touch with us to let us know your thoughts.
Thank you for listening. Please do get in touch if you would like to know more or would like to give us feedback to help us improve and grow.
- [email protected]
- Twitter (https://twitter.com/testingpeers)
- LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/testing-peers)
- Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/testingpeers/)
- Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TestingPeers)
- If you like what we do and are able to, please visit our Patreon to explore how you could support us going forwards: https://www.patreon.com/testingpeers
Saffron QA is a provider of recruitment and consultancy services, exclusively for the software testing industry.
You can find out more at https://saffronqa.co.uk/ or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/saffron-qa/
We’ve found Ben from Saffron QA to be a great partner who has signed up to the vision and values that we have set out in our Testing Peers charter and we hope that you will take the time to visit and connect with him.
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