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Call for Collaboration | Identity Stories #0

17th April 201917th April 2019 Cassandra H. Leung 4 Comments

  “I fear that posting this will have negative consequences for me, but I feel more strongly that I need to share this experience and raise awareness.”   It’s been a year and a half since I shared my story of Sexual Harassment in Tech & the Testing Community.  It was an extremely difficult thing […]

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SeConf and Our Transition to Paying Speakers’ Expenses

20th March 201811th April 2019 Guest Writer 3 Comments

  Guest post by Ashley Hunsberger and Marcus Merrell, co-chairs of the Selenium Conference Organizing Committee     There’s a touchy subject in the Twittersphere these days around conferences that require speakers to pay to speak (or, #paytospeak). Cassandra Leung discusses in depth why she doesn’t pay to speak in her blog, raising some really […]

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Why I Don’t Pay to Speak

30th November 20179th May 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 8 Comments

    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 […]

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Working While Female: Sexual Harassment in Technology & Testing

16th October 201717th August 2018 Cassandra H. Leung 28 Comments

    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 […]

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Tester Interviews: Techniques and Tasks

17th July 20177th April 2021 Cassandra H. Leung 11 Comments

    This post is inspired by a recent discussion on the The Club at Ministry of Testing.   Edit: It has also been translated into Russian on Software-Testing.RU.  Please note that this translation was not requested, proofed, or approved by me.  I bear no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the translated post. […]

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Blogs about testing, UX, and software production from Cassandra H. Leung (she / they) - a quality coach, software tester, UX enthusiast and international speaker.

We all have something to share and learn, and blogging is a great way for me to do both. This is a personal blog and reflects my views only.
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