Ministry of Testing Monthly Roundup!

September RoundUp of All Things MoT

There’s lots going on and we don’t want you to miss a thing

We’re a busy bunch at MoT HQ, here is a summary of all things MoT in September. Pretty handy, right?

The Club

A few selected discussions from The Club that we thought you might find interesting.

• Defining ‘regression’ in testing posted by mwinteringham. Confusion about what regression means can stem from where we focus on for the definition, the feature or the system.
• Falsehoods testers believe posted by heather_reid. Developers can’t test and testers need attention to detail are just some of the falsehoods that testers believe.
• Testing in the Land of Continuous Deployment posted by kinofrost. If it’s so easy and painless to deploy to Production, why spend a lot of time testing the code prior to deployment?
• What does the future hold for a manual tester moving towards automation? posted by tilston1001. People can learn and master new skills without the formal qualification.
• CV with no certifications posted by brian_seg. Testers waste their time planning and documenting tests and not enough time testing.
• 30 Days of Agile testing, Day 12: Test documentation posted by heather_reid. The key is to keep documentation consistent enough so that anyone can have the latest version implemented in mind.

The Dojo

Snapshot of all the content generated on The Dojo throughout September! You’ll find articles, podcasts and videos.

• Testing, Ask Me Anything! on Automation with Richard Bradshaw. Join Richard and our host Simon Tomes for a 60 minute whirlwind of automation knowledge.
• Pairing With Developers: A Guide For Testers by Lisa Crispin. Lisa sheds some light on numerous aspects of pairing, from prep to tips to help you with pairing.
• An introduction to our new podcast series Testers’ Island Discs with Neil Studd. Our first podcast with Tester’s Island Discs, Neil reveals his own five song choices, and lets you know more about getting involved with the show.
• This month’s #30DaysofTesting challenge on Agile Testing, kindly sponsored by TestRail. We shared the tasks for the 30 Days Of Testing Challenge.
• Masterclass: A Tester’s Guide to Blockchain Applications with Rhian Lewis (Pro members only). After the Masterclass, testers will understand how to evaluate and test blockchain applications, learning to deal with problems that may arise.
• How To Do Good Regression Testing, answered by The Software Testing Clinic. Mark breaks down some concepts around regression testing, to understand the why, the when, and the how of a regression testing approach.
• A new TestBash Manchester Podcast: Bug Bashing. The Super Testing Bros discuss the benefits of Bug bashing or Crowd testing your product internally prior to a release with Alix Klingenberg & Jono Phipps
• The results from the community #TestChat on Automation. You can read the questions from the #TestChat as well as the full transcript from the various tester discussions.
• Two-part article from Mellissa Eaden and Heather Reid on gaming and how this can enhance your software testing career and workplace:
• Gamify Your Career
• Gamify Your Workplace
• A few 99 Second Introduction videos from The Software Testing Clinic:
• 99 Second Introduction To Testing
• 99 Second Introduction To Diagrams
• 99 Second Introduction To Requirements & Specifications

MoT News

Becoming A Community Boss — Heather Reid. Heather shares her journey from becoming a software tester, through to discovering the testing community and getting thoroughly involved, to eventually becoming the Ministry of Testing’s Community Boss! Read the post.

October Events

• TestBash Germany — Friday 6th October — Saturday 7th October — Tickets available
• #TestChat — Exploratory Testing — Wednesday 11th October — Open for registration to everyone
• Stubbing & Service Virtualisation Explained | Wojciech Bulaty — Tuesday 17th October — Attend the live session at no cost!
• Rapid Software Testing — Monday 23rd — Wednesday 25th October — Tickets available
• TestBash Manchester — Thursday 26th — Saturday 28th October — Tickets available

Future Events

Just a quick sneak peek at what events are coming up in the next few months

• TestBash Philadelphia — 9th -10th November
• Technical Mobile Testing Training, Manchester — 4th — 6th December
• TestBash Brighton — 15th — 16th March 2018
• TestBash Netherlands — 12th — 13th April 2018
• TestBash Dublin — 18th May 2018

September Job Postings

All of the jobs posted throughout the month of September on our Jobs board.

• Junior QA — WeSwap — London, UK — Full time
• QA Tester in Australia with Apple iPhone 6S — Tester Work — Australia, Anywhere — Freelance
• QA testers in Austin, TX with Android and iOS devices — Tester Work — Austin Texas, Anywhere — Freelance
• Quality Analyst — Acuris — London, UK — Full time
• Quality Assurance Engineer — Squint/Opera Ltd — London/Cheltenham, UK — Full time
• Test Engineer — Java/Selenium — ClearScore — London, UK — Full time
• QA Tester in Turkey with Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge — Tester Work — Turkey, Anywhere — Freelance
• Automation Test Engineer (Datacoverage Team) — Brandwatch — Brighton, UK — Full time
• Test Engineers and Senior Test Engineers — Linguamatics — Cambridge, UK — Full time
• Automation Testing Specialist — Enactor — Hertford, UK — Full time
• Senior Test Analyst — Retail — Hertford, UK — Full time
• Software QA/Test Engineer — Scrapinghub — Ireland, Remote — Contractor
• Test Environment Management Engineer (Data) — Enov8 — Sydney, Australia — Full time
• Test Engineer — Sky Betting & Gaming — Leeds, UK — Full time
• QA Testers in UK with iOS 10 and above — Tester Work — UK, Anywhere — Freelance
• Software Test Engineer (JavaScript) — Cambridge Intelligence — Cambridge, UK — Full time
• Test & Quality Analyst (Contract) — NHS Education For Scotland — Glasgow, UK — Contractor
• Test engineer / test specialist (f/m) — TriaGnoSys GmbH — Wessling, Germany — Full time
• Lead Software Tester — VR — Digital Reality Corp — London,UK — Full time
• QA Engineer — 3Squared — Sheffield, UK — Full time
• Software Engineer in Test — SpareRoom — London, UK — Full time
• Software Engineer in Test — Prowler.io — Cambridge, UK — Full time
• Test Manager — q-leap — Luxembourg — Full time
• New Zealand based freelance Testers needed! — Tester Work — New Zealand — Freelancer
• Senior Test Engineer — Cambridge Consultant — Cambridge, UK — Full time