The Guilty Tester

Do you work in or near Software Testing? Are you flexible on most things but have an absolute line that you refuse to cross? Do you ever wonder what other peoples absolute lines are? You're in the right place then. This is the guilty tester podcast

Part Two of my chat with Beth Marshall - https://beththetester.com/

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you ever think that there's more value in collaboration and admitting your limitations than there is in trying to push a strong agenda or claim you're the best at everything? You may well be in the right place then, this is the guilty tester podcast. Part One of my chat with Beth Marshall - https://beththetester.com/

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you work in software development? Do you ever wish that all your software development woes could be solved by a magical man in a red suit with a beard?

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

The annoying bell sounds are provided by The Guilty Tester

Do you work in software development? Do you have strong ideas about what testing means? Do you ever crave a list of what people enjoy or don't enjoy about testing? You're in the right place then. This is The Guilty Tester.

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you work in software development? Do you have strong ideas about what testing means? Do you think your definitions of testing have changed over time? You're in the right place then. This is The Guilty Tester.

Also, just a reminder that there's still 40% off all products in all formats at manning.com with the code podguilty20

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you work in Software Development? Do you ever feel guilty for not meeting the standards set by others in the Software Testing community? Do you ever have very strong opinions about replacing manual regression tests with front end automation? Okay, you are in the right place then.

Earlier in the year @SanjayKumaarr asked on twitter: "What are the misconceptions in Automation Testing?" I break down all the reasons I think the following is wrong:

"You can solve all your problems with a long release cycle by getting your testers or automation specialists to simply find all your current manual regression test cases and writing them in front end automation without talking to the Devs or Business representatives."

Also, just a reminder that there's a 40% off all products in all formats at manning.com with the code podguilty20

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you work in Software Development? Do you ever wonder if you've got the right skills for your job, or maybe too many skills, or maybe some of the wrong skills? Okay, you are in the right place then.

In this episode I ponder on a question which @Beth_AskHer posed: "I hear a lot about the seemingly endless plethora of tech skills testers "must have" - but I'd love your take on what skills they don't (or soon won't) need."

Also, just a reminder that there's a 40% off all products in all formats at manning.com with the code podguilty20

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you work in Software Development? Do you ever feel guilty for not keeping up with all the newer ideas and practices you hear other people talking about? Okay, you are in the right place then.

I talk to Mikolaj Pawlikowski (@mikopawlikowski) about Chaos Engineering, we chat about the things it has in common with what I think of as Software Testing and he lets me know how guilty I should be feeling if I'm not currently doing any Chaos Engineering.

His book is available here : https://www.manning.com/books/chaos-engineering?query=Miko%C5%82aj%20Pawlikowski

There's a 40% off all products in all formats at manning.com with the code podguilty20

His newsletter is available here: https://chaosengineering.news/

Github: https://github.com/seeker89

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you ever feel guilty for not meeting the standards set by others in the Software Testing community, or even the standards you are setting for yourself? Okay, you are in the right place then.

I talk about my relationship with the phrase Works For Me and why it says a lot about my history as a Software Tester. Also I say the phrase more times than you ever wanted to hear anyone say.

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org

Do you ever feel guilty for not meeting the standards set by others in the Software Testing community, or even the standards you are setting for yourself? Okay, you are in the right place then.

I felt guilty about not doing much coding any more and not knowing much about the trendy testing frameworks. What have I done to cope with this guilt? That's what I discuss in this episode.

The intro, outro and inbetween is music from the Blue Dot sessions, sourced from freemusicarchive.org