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March 02, 2022

Will Yates talks testing

33 minutes

In this episode, IBM’s Will Yates takes us along on a ride through the landscape of testing on z/OS and what the future looks like (pro tip: bring sunglasses, it’s bright). Will starts off by giving us a brief summary of what drew him to testing, the importance of testing early and how he uses his background and passions to push the envelope when developing cutting-edge tech to elevate testing efficacy, practices, ease-of-use, and accuracy. He even shares a short story about one of his favorite television shows growing up, and it’s pretty awesome!

Topics:

Will's education and opportunities to work as a student with IBM

Will gives us a rundown of the work he and his team have done to impact new products and mechanisms to push DevOps practices forward

Will discusses his role in Z VTP

Galasa – what is it?

How are Z VTP and Galasa related?

How positive hiring practices and team dynamics around Neurodiversity have contributed to his team’s successes

And be sure to check out past episodes of the Z DevOps Talks podcast.

Links related to this episode:

IBM Z Virtual Test Platform

About Galasa and IBM Z Virtual Test Platform

Galasa home page