The question of what skills do testers need intrigues me. This always occurs to me when engaged in the search for ‘good’ people to hire. We (as in the technical sphere) tend to hire predominantly […]
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I KNEW IT!
I like to think I have a nose for a problem. Not necessarily a bug, but just when something doesn’t seem right. The extent to which I follow up on these gut instincts varies depending […]
Shallow Statement Syndrome
‘Surely its just a case of doing X and creating a Y, then we’ll obviously get to Z. I’ve done this lots of times before.’ This is an example of Shallow Statement Syndrome, one I […]
The Fallacy of Omniscience by Proximity
I was reading about President Hollande’s apparently complex love life, and a journalist who used to live in France was asked his opinion on the issue. He responded that although he used to live there, […]
I was wrong and we missed out
So, it was the office Christmas Party on Friday. A few beers and laughs were had, much discussion on our testing world but on reflection I missed a great opportunity. I need to be vague […]
