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
"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
Stop trying to make refactoring happen, it's not going to happen.
I went to Joy of Coding yesterday, a one-day conference in Rotterdam. Two of the talks were about refactoring. One talk called it “mending code”, and zoomed in on this rather strange phenomenon in IT: we’d rather demolish some code and write it new and fresh, than fix the
Why I struggle with working in a traditional office setting
+ learn how I cosplayed as a productive coworker 💅
I want you to answer one question when you’re done reading this article, and that is: can you relate? Please comment here, or wherever I’ve linked this article. Thank you.
Now that I’m not working in a traditional office
The many personalities of a software tester
I just had a weird insight that I want to share with you. Before I can share it, I must first explain the model that the insight was about.
Have you ever heard of the Interpersonal Circumplex? It is a model to assess interpersonal behaviour, traits and motives of people.
"Finding bugs in an organisation"; why I'm frustrated with the tester role recently
I’ve felt a certain frustration with filling the software tester role lately and finally it clicked why. I’ll use this post to explain my feelings. I’ll try to structure it so it doesn’t come across as too chaotic, but please feel free to ask a question