During my last two years as a professional software tester, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at conferences and events around the world, and have also reviewed hundreds of abstracts for a number of conferences. I recently saw a thread from Richard Bradshaw with his opinions on writing and reviewing abstracts for conferences […]
Category: Communication
Preventing Interruptions with Sticky Notes
In software production, there are all kinds of techniques that utilise sticky notes. Whether it’s in a physical Kanban board, example mapping, risk storming, or just general reminders, we seem to like them a lot. At the Open Space day of TestBash Germany last year, I decided to use sticky notes in a […]
Why I Don’t Pay to Speak
This is a post I have planned to write for the best part of a year, and recent discussions have brought it back to the top of my to do list. This post is a way for me to collate my feelings about, and stance on, pay to speak. I also plan to […]
Working While Female: Sexual Harassment in Technology & Testing
The problem of sexism within the technology space and the software testing industry goes way beyond issues of diversity or representation. There is also a very real problem of men making sexual or otherwise inappropriate advances towards women who they’ve contacted under the guise of a professional context. At work, through conference […]
10 Tips for Testers to Provide Insight
Why Testers Need to Provide Insight I recently wrote an article for CrossBrowserTesting on Why Testers Need to Provide Insight. This is something I feel very strongly about, and is inspired from my time working in IT recruitment. I recommend reading the post on the CrossBrowserTesting blog to understand why it’s so […]