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John speaks of about collegiality . James gives a specific example . I really am happy to read/hear this. All to often ego and pride come into play which does not edify our profession. Working with Scott , I have seen this happen in the .Net community.
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As I previously mentioned , my next computer was going to be a Mac. So, lat night, I went out and bought myself a MacBook Pro . Never had an Apple before, but I really liked what I read and had heard about them. My old laptop, which my wife primarily
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My last post got me thinking about ethics within our industry. Our profession does not have an absolute code of ethics , but should there be one? Policemen, doctors, psychologists, are just a few of professions that are bound by a code which they live
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Since Dovetail Software develops and supports Enterprise CRM Application particularly within Customer Service and Support , I thought I would share an interesting happening to me recently that has a software testing twist thrown in the mix. The other
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Interesting post on ISTQB Certification from Ainars . I don't say this often, but I too passed the ISTQB certification. Yes, it was very rectangular. There was very little that I learned from it. Of course, I took it with over 5 years experience under
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As some of you know, we were recently looking for a tester. A rare opportunity presented itself to Dovetail Software, and, I am happy to say that we have hired Bret Pettichord as our Test Architect. Bret is the lead developer of WATIR , as well as a respected
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I recently read John McConda's blog on hiring testers and where testers "fit" within his company. Until businesses and corporations recognize that testing is a career and not a stepping stone, our craft will be plagued by the "developers are superior
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There was a good post by John McConda on this subject at the end of Dec 2006, but after contacting him, I found out that he is his harshest critic (aren't we all), deleted the post, so I'll write my version of the Matrix's Red Pill vs. Blue Pill scenario.
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The other day, a developer and myself were called out (nicely, of course) by our manager and another developer colleague. The SUT had a web page with a link named "Main Menu" on all of our page so that the the users - developers, testers, tech writer,
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Testing is a team effort- that's my perception at Dovetail. Lisa Crispin explains this well in an interview by Carl Erickson . I previously worked at a company where the developer to tester ratio was very large approximately 13:1. Our test coverage was
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