ATTEND ALL THE CONFERENCES!
I love to tweet. I’m a prolific tweeter. I’m addicted to tweeting. And I finally can call myself an Award Winning Tweeter. So it’s been suggested, and I’m toying with …
Category: Professional Stuff
On to new adventures
So I’m stuck at a Starbucks using their wifi, because of a power outage at my place. So why not post on the ol’ neglected blog? I left my previous …
Along came a meetup
So I started this thing, called the Mid-Michigan Testers Meet Down. The first event of which was today. We had 43 registered to attend, and about 30 showed up. HOLY …
Hello??
Communication in business in general is very important. We’re always looking for people that are articulate when hiring. “Good verbal and written communication”. It’s great when you find new people that are excellent at explaining processes, what …
2012 Achievements and 2013 Goals/Resolutions
With some prompting from this post on Software Testing Club about accomplishments for the year, and my own here about resolutions for 2013, I figured a blog post was in order. So here we go: 2012 Achievements/Accomplishments Became more involved i…
Intro on STC
I’ve recently gotten involved with Software Testing Club at a.”volunteer community” level. Here’s my intro post :)http://blog.softwaretestingclub.com/2012/12/g33klady-a-short-introduction/
Inspiration from a sushi chef
Recently, Craig Earl (@beardedtester) posted on Software Testing Club asking “Who Has Inspired You?” (here). My immediate response to this question is Jiro Ono. I learned about Jiro watching a documentary on Netflix called “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”. …
Dealing with failure
Are you a test lead or manager? How do you deal with failure of your team? I’m interested in how you deal with individuals that fail in their jobs, as well as an entire team that failed in a task.How do you hold individual QA accountable?
Resume and Interview Protips
I’ve had to review a lot of resumes in the past year and a half or so, and have done a lot of phone interviews and more in-person. I’m not a recruiter, I’m not HR, I’m QA. I see the resumes of those applying for QA positions. I see a lot of WTF in…
KalamazooX – a must-attend conference!
KalamazooX is the non-technical conference for technical people. From the website: The X conference is the other half of your career; The half that makes you stand out. The X conference is a single track, one-day conference full of awesome. The li…