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The great game of pretend

The great game of pretend

When I wrote and published "Why Working Isn't Working for Me" last Monday, I received some direct messages from people who agreed with me, but who didn't dare to admit to it in public because they feared that they would become unemployable by saying

There are no problems if you don't test

There are no problems if you don't test

Dumb people and smart people agree: if you don't test, there are no problems. This conclusion can be reached because you either have one active brain cell or because you are an experienced tester. Let me explain the difference. The dumb part of the story is easy to

Testing is a team sport

Testing is a team sport

Testing is a team sport. Here's a small peek into my thought process when I was confronted with a challenge at work: It's 11:00 AM, and I've just left an online meeting. I made an agreement in that meeting with a colleague to

Here’s how I respond to "have we tested everything?"

Here’s how I respond to "have we tested everything?"

OH: "How can we be sure we have tested everything?". That's the neat part, you don't. I used to get really frustrated when people asked me this question. The person asking is looking for something I cannot give them, even though I would like

Neutral Quality: a meme, or is it more than that?

Neutral Quality: a meme, or is it more than that?

What do I mean with the term "neutral quality"? Read all about it here!

Testing and Quality are NOT correlated.

Testing and Quality are NOT correlated.

Software testing and quality aren’t necessarily correlated. Quality is the product of the culture in the company, the teams, and the capabilities of different individuals. Your contributions as an individual tester can influence quality if you're lucky, but sometimes they don't. Why is that? For

In this article, I claim to have found the meaning of life. Normally, I'm not this grandiose.

In this article, I claim to have found the meaning of life. Normally, I'm not this grandiose.

Read this essay about the meaning of life (according to me), and decide whether you think I'm crazy or not!