In this episode I chat with globally recognized performance specialist Nicole van der Hoeven about chaos engineering, diversity in technology, note taking, chasing shiny things, having a job interview with Stijn Schepers, and much more.

Nicole can be found on Twitter @n_vanderhoeven or e-mail [email protected] 

The two books mentioned are Modern Technical Writing by Andrew Etter and The Art of Statistics by David Spiegelhalter.

In this episode we look at performance testing in stubbed environments versus fully integrated end to end environments. We drill into some of the benefits and limitations of stubbed component performance testing, and how to make sense of it all in our organisations.

In this episode we explore the unique challenges of managing test data during load testing, and some solutions to make our lives easier.

Join Stijn and I as we discuss culture change, coincidences, war rooms, unicorns, penguins, McDonald's testing, and many other things.

Join me as a I chat with performance specialist Alan Gordon about stress and anxiety as a performance engineer.

How do we present ideas about performance engineering either in meetings or formal presentations? And I tell a story about having an anxiety attack in a meeting.

How to do the great technical work you do justice by making sure the right people hear about it in a way they understand.

Join me as a I chat with performance specialist Ben Rowan about his collaborative and scientific style of performance engineering, the challenges of cloud performance, and the time he wiped five years of work.

A look at the different styles or kinds of performance engineer. Which kinds are you? What areas are you interested in growing?

How can we grow into better performance engineers? How do we avoid getting stuck in our ways?