January RoundUp of All Things MoT
Can you believe it’s the end of January already? We’ve been up to our eyes planning events and getting new content sorted, so the time has absolutely flown. Thankfully we’ve gathered up everything that has gone live in this one monthly email!
The Club
A few selected discussions from The Club that we thought you might find interesting.
- Testing/QA in Production posted by rosie. A collection of resources about testing in production.
- Getting the minimum documentation from the agile developers posted by tigerb. Sometimes while working on a story, the requirements change but there is no communication about what has changed.
- Your favourite part of the development lifecycle posted by gemma.hill1987. We all like testing but there’s retrospectives, planning, three amigos, deployment etc. that you might also enjoy.
- How to put a workshop together? posted by gemma.hill1987. We love seeing new workshops at conferences but how do you put those workshops together?
- How to change the “us against them” mindset? posted by nitche. How do you collaborate as a team, encouraging others to consider quality with their work, instead of the usual thinking of “us against them”?
The Club Ninja
Each month we select one of our club users to be our Ninja of the Month. We’re delighted to announce that Kimberly Nepata is our Club Ninja for January!
The Dojo
Snapshot of all the content produced for The Dojo throughout December! You’ll find articles, podcasts and videos. We have a mix of free and pro membership content — as you might expect, as a pro member you have access to all content created.
Three great new articles from The Testing Planet 2018:
- Keeping The Conference Momentum Going by Dan Barrow. Dan shares some tips to help you turn those great ideas from the conference into implementable actions.
- Mob Testing: An Introduction & Experience Report by Maaret Pyhäjärvi. Mob Testing is about the whole team working on testing on one computer, getting the best of everyone from the work they are doing.
- 10 Misguided Reasons Not To Hire Testers by Kate Paulk. Many of the reasons for not hiring testers leaves all testers (and quite a few of the developers) wondering how many misconceptions about testing decision-makers believe.
A few heartwarming Scholarship stories:
- My TestBash Philadelphia Experience by Jasmin Smith
- Gordon’s Story: Developing A Fresh Approach to Testing by Gordon Crawford
A few Testers’ Island Discs to listen to with Neil Studd:
- Episode 7 — Lisa Crispin. Lisa talks about the unique skills that testers can bring to agile teams, the important messages about diversity, and the role of conferences in helping people to share their stories with the world.
- Episode 8 — Gem Hill. Gem shares her thoughts about the challenges of starting a new role, finding allies within an organisation, and the quest to improve awareness around mental health in tech.
Revamping our resources and a new resource page on Websites To Practice Testing.
A new Testing AMA with Toby Sinclair on Coaching. Watch this fantastically insightful session on Coaching, with lots of book references and practical advice on the hot topic of coaching.
A new Masterclass on A Tester’s Guide to Testing AI Applications with Bill Matthews. Watch this Masterclass which explored some strategies to help you tackle testing of AI-based applications.
New Podcast from The Super Testing Bros: Kicking off a Year of Learning with Vera Gehlen-Baum & Matt Parker, the focus on the learning.
Life At The Ministry
A Year Of Editing With Ministry of Testing by MelTheTester. Mel shares her experience as an MoT editor, from helping testers find their voice, through to being involved in partner projects. She’s also set a rather impressive goal for 2018.
February Events
- Testing Ask Me Anything — Test Management — 6th February 2018–8pm UK Time
- Not All Who Wander Are Lost: A Career Experience Report — 20th February 2018–8pm UK Time
- #TestChat — Device Testing — 28th February 2018–8pm UK Time (keep an eye out for it going live soon).
Future Events
Just a quick sneak peek at what events are coming up in the next few months
- TestBash Brighton — 15th — 16th March 2018
- TestBash Netherlands — 12th — 13th April 2018
- TestBash Dublin — 18th May 2018
- TestBash Germany — 14th September 2018
- TestBash Manchester — 27th September 2018
- Test.bash(); — 28th September 2018
- TestBash Australia — 19th October 2018
- TestBash San Francisco — 8th — 9th November 2018
January Job Postings
All of the jobs posted throughout the month of October on our Jobs board.
- Automation QA Engineer (m/f) — Full-time — Bamberg, Germany
- Vice President of Quality Assurance — Full-time — Charlottesville, Virginia
- US-based QA tester with HTC One M8 device — Freelance — Anywhere, United States
- Software Tester — Full-time — London, United Kingdom
- SDET / SEiT — Full-time — Leeds, United Kingdom
- SaaS B2B Testing and Strategy — Freelance — Anywhere, United Kingdom
- Test Engineer: Java + Selenium — Full-time — London, United Kingdom
- QA Tester — Full-time — Hull, United Kingdom
- Agile Testers — Contractor — London, United Kingdom
- Software Tester — Full-time — London, United Kingdom
- QA Test Engineer — Manual / Automated / Python — Full-time — Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Software Engineer in Test — Full-time — Washington, District of Columbia
- Software Tester — Full-time — Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Software Tester — Full-time — Oxford, UK, United Kingdom
- Software Test Engineer — Full-time — Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Test Automation Engineer — Full-time — San Francisco, United States
