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Mentoring, Self-Study, Fearlessness and Other Practical Tips for Taking the Next Step in Your Performance Career.

mtomlins@westevergreen.com — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:00 -0700

Performance testers today face a challenge -- they must find ever-increasing work product that provides tangible results and meaningful value to the projects they serve. In response to this challenge, testers are turning to industry certifications or formal school training to help improve their skills. This does not always pay off in the end, especially with increased criticism around tester certifications undermining the testing discipline. This article outlines alternatives to getting certifications in order to make the next step, as there are proven ways to learn that don’t require an enormous outlay of money or time. This view is not anti-certification, but rather pro-mentoring and self-study/self-challenge. The tips provided offer a guide to a learning path within the discipline and are shared from the perspective of an independent tester who has shaped his own career around continuously growing and learning.

TWiST #68 - on Motivation

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:00:00 -0600

Where Matt Heusser meets with Jon Bach, Wade Wachs, and Michael Larsen to talk about tester motivation -- and what to do about it.

Psychology of an Inventive Tester

adrian.rapan@lmax.com — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0600

It is not a job requirement, but when getting hired as a software tester your creativeness will be assessed either through some interview questions or in a practical task. The funny thing is that employers should be careful what they wish for as an overly creative tester can sometimes be less productive at finding those tricky bugs.

Another Day in the Life of a Tester

bernie@testassured.com — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600

“ The first step of being successful is showing up on time. Today was not that day.”

TWiST #49 - With Adam Yuret

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:00:00 -0600

Where Matt interview Adam Yuret about interview techniques for testers, working remote with a team that is mostly local, taking a sabbatical to sail the Sea of Cortez, and so on.

5 Gems For a Tester to Groom in Professional Life

jaideep.khanduja@delete.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:00:00 -0700

A testing career, like any other career, can sometimes turn into a long journey before career satisfaction is obtained. In order to shorten the path to career satisfaction and give testers an edge over their peers, testers need to adopt five gems. These five gems not only help in career growth but also help to give you a strong belief in your capabilities.

Real-Life Test Management Challenges & Suitable Solutions

sdelesie@gmail.com — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:00:00 -0600

Join us for this Software Test Professionals community webcast.

Breaking News!

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:22:53 -0600

Three days left to the get super-early bird rate for STPCon. Matt gives you the real skinny on the conference.

Medidata Solutions Worldwide, Inc. Has Various SQA Positions Available

melvin@sqaessentials.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:20:06 -0600

Medidata Solutions Worldwide, Inc., a leading global provider of Saas-based clinical development solutions has various SQA positions open in both their headquarters in New York and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Security Matters

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:00:48 -0600

If you run your business on the web, then exposing all of your customer's data is just a security bug away

Snapshot Survey

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Please review the questions and make comments on the survey...

I should have known better than to “Test the Tester”!

rhand@softwaretestpro.com — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:00:00 -0600

Wow! This community has really opened my eyes to a Tester’s attention to details. No one response hit on the two “bugs” I implanted into the survey, but a number of you hit on the right questions, and many of you found or “created” your own bugs. There may have been a bit of “over analysis” on a number of the questions but some of the findings were well thought out. Thank you for the great response to the survey!

Climbing the Career Ladder ?

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:52:02 -0600

I'm not a big fan of career ladders.

Career Advice From the Experts

amuns@stpcollaborative.com — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0700

We asked 8 veteran testers how they got into the field and what guidance they can offer those just starting out. Here’s what they told us.

Joel Spolsky on Testing

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:04:44 -0700

From Joel Spoksky's latest blog post "Why Testers?

Women of Influence

272@stpcollab.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0700

A diverse group of the world’s top women software testers — 13 in all — share career highlights and insights into the profession and the industry, past, present and future.

Use the Social Web to Build Your Career Brand

rose@schux.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0700

One of the 6 Industry Pros Sharing Their Unique Perspectives on How to Survive — and Thrive — In Today’s Challenging Industry

A Wealth of Resources For Women Testers

e955b83ee7a9659@stpcollab.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0700

If you or your women co-workers, managers or staff want to share industry- and career-related knowledge and advance the role of women in software testing and technology, consider connecting with the following professional organizations…

2007 - Potential Tutorials

matt.heusser@gmail.com — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:23:00 -0700

I also have a ideas that could turn into half-to-multi day tutorials.

A New Way To Judge Software Quality

245@stpcollab.com — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:00:00 -0600

A new technique using rank-order centroids makes it easier to compare the quality of your current build with previous builds.