Honestly, if you want to elevate your added value as a software tester, you better learn how to communicate about testing like a pro. Skills like: note-taking, summarizing key points about testing and its findings for stakeholders and other people involved in the process, writing concisely and clearly about findings and their implications, presenting findings…
Testit Conference Recap: What was it like giving two talks in one day? Plus answering the most common questions!
For the first time, I gave two talks on one day. The honor was mine to present “Exploratory Testing with the Team, a Journey Worth Taking” and “Testing RPG: Do You Have What it Takes to Beat the Final Boss in Testing?!” at Testit conference in Malmö, Sweden. In this blog post, I’ll focus on…
The synthesizer goes HARD in these 3 songs
What is the most badass instrument on earth? No, not the guitar, not the drums: the organ. Just listen to this and tell me this does not reach your soul. Which instrument is a good second? The synthesizer. Just like the organ, it can go extremely hard and loud. So loud, it tickles something in…
My new superpower at work
I’ll talk about what I do first and about the tool I use last, because y’all start salivating as soon as a specific tool is mentioned. I found that out when I wrote a short post on LinkedIn about my newfound superpower at work. People in the comments latched onto the tool first, and not…
Pissing the night away
I’m used to visiting the toilet quite a lot every day because I seem to have the smallest bladder of all mankind. “Maaike, I really don’t want to learn about your urination habits”, I hear you think. I understand, but I just wanted to write down this story, and it involves me pissing. The pissing…
Starting a new IT assignment is like solving a jigsaw puzzle…
It’s just that: – you don’t know how many pieces the puzzle has – whether you need all the pieces – which part of the jigsaw puzzle is relevant for your role
Why don’t you hear what I say? (LLEWT 2024)
LLEWT 2024 was a peer conference with the theme “communication” that happened a few weekends ago in North-Wales. Dear reader, it was quite the trip to get there! A boat, an extremely shitty English hotel and a long car ride later we finally arrived in Wales. It took us about 28 hours to get there…
“Good vibes only”. How about you learn how to cope?!
I was at LLEWT last week, a peer conference on Anglesey, north Wales, where the theme was: communication. My report, “Why don’t you listen to what I say” was chosen by the content moderator. I’ll write about that topic on a separate occasion, because right now I feel like ranting about something that came up…