Ministry of Testing Dojo Membership – #PayItForward
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how fortunate I am, and I’ve been looking for ways to pay back the community for what it has given me. I was …
Category: Career and Leadership
Looking back on 2018, looking forward to 2019
It’s hard for me to think about 2018 with fondness. It went to shit before the halfway mark, and it’s really hard to think about any positives. But I know …
A Lesson From My Testing Journey
On February 20th, I shared my career journey for the first time to a large audience. I gave a Ministry of Testing Masterclass called “Not All Who Wander Are Lost: …
2017 Recap & Looking Forward to 2018
2017 was eventful, to say the least. I submitted 8 talks to 6 conferences. I was accepted to 5 of those conferences, gave an extra talk at one of them …
Suggested (to me) Books on Leadership
I recently tweeted for suggestions on books about self leadership, and leadership in general – especially books that personally helped people. I wasn’t looking for “I heard this book is …
So much failure. So many lessons to learn.
As my CEO has said, it’s ok to fail as long as you learn from it. So I’m analyzing this gigantic failure to try to get as much knowledge from …
Same place, new adventures
Note: I’m not going to address the “QA” terminology thing here – we call our software testers “QA” where I work, but this isn’t about that. Sorry – we can …
Why user groups and networking are important
Starting a user group is probably the biggest challenge I’ve taken upon myself in a long time. Getting sponsorship and paying for it, finding a place to have it and …
2013 Year in Review
Last year I wrote up a post with my 2013 goals and resolutions. I wanted to review what I had actually done, so here we are! Achieve a better work/life …
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 …