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Category Archives: Software Testing

Where’s your local experience?

We had an amazing Sydney testers discussion group today on sharing stories around our job hunting experiences. One comment that came up was on local experience and I wanted to elaborate a little more on it. I would say there are atleast two ideas behind why someone would care about local experience. Unconscious bias and […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamFebruary 28, 2017Posted inSoftware TestingLeave a comment on Where’s your local experience?

Some presentations on Testing

I’ve recently started speaking at conferences, here are some of the recordings: Slides Slides Public speaking is hard, I still get nervous about it. However it can be enjoyable and I look forward to speaking more. I used keynote for the first deck and canva/keynote for the second deck.

Posted byBug Hunter SamFebruary 24, 2017July 30, 2017Posted inSoftware TestingLeave a comment on Some presentations on Testing

Agile

Here’s my rant on Agile: Agile is a bit of a buzz word these days. If you aren’t doing Agile, there is a tendency to think you are missing out. At it’s core Agile is about adapting to change. As a tester, I’m often asking myself, “How can I add value?”. You can be doing […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamAugust 5, 2016December 29, 2016Posted inSoftware Testing1 Comment on Agile

Get Creative with your resume

Update: Sam Connelly Tester Profile V2 I used canva to create a resume, I had fun putting it together. You can view V1 here: Sam Connelly Tester Profile

Posted byBug Hunter SamMay 27, 2016April 6, 2017Posted inSoftware TestingLeave a comment on Get Creative with your resume

Free Range Testing

Co authored with Brian Osman Often at Tyro, we’ve thrown a tester into a team with developers with little structure. The testers and their teams are encouraged to make their own process. I’m tempted to call this free range testing (hence the title of the blog), it’s like letting the tester roam free to see […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamMay 20, 2016Posted inSoftware TestingLeave a comment on Free Range Testing

Mindmaps for Mobile Testing

Here is a mindmap that I’ve been using to help my Mobile App team test, I’ve printed a laminated version of this and I take it to planning meetings. There are many other mindmaps out there too.

Posted byBug Hunter SamApril 9, 2016Posted inSoftware TestingLeave a comment on Mindmaps for Mobile Testing

Robotics Challenge

I have my first software testing article published in the testing trapeze. The article is about the Robotics Challenge that I ran at Tyro. I also talked about this challenge at the Agile Australia conference.

Posted byBug Hunter SamOctober 17, 2015May 27, 2016Posted inSoftware TestingLeave a comment on Robotics Challenge

“Manual Testing”

I have an issue with the word “Manual Testing”. Say we compare a “Manual Tester”, an “Automatic Tester” and a “Developer”. When a developer builds a tool that helps them program it is not called “Automatic Programming”, it might be called a “Compiler” or some other new word. Developers do manually write code with their […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamOctober 28, 2014September 28, 2015Posted inSoftware Testing1 Comment on “Manual Testing”

What makes a “good” tester?

I am talking about software testing but these ramblings could be expanded to other types of product based testing. First of all, what is a “good” tester? I think it is someone who finds issues with software and is able to make someone else understand that issue. Some people say testing is about providing quality […]

Posted byBug Hunter SamJuly 22, 2014September 28, 2015Posted inSoftware TestingLeave a comment on What makes a “good” tester?

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