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Ask Me Anything About Test Automation

4 min readMar 14, 2017

Join automation experts Joe Colantonio and Paul Grizzaffi in their upcoming live ‘Ask Me Anything About Test Automation’ Q&A webinar. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to ask your most pressing questions on test automation to the experts. Save Your Seat

The Power of Doubt — Becoming A Software Skeptic

We have just released all the talks from TestBashNL! This captivating talk will tell the story of how Zeger Van Hese embraced skepticism and became a proud and reasonable doubter. Watch this talk free on The Dojo.

Multiplying The Odds of Thriving as a Tester

It used to be a lot easier to build a software testing career. That was yesterday, when expectations about testing were shared across the industry…How we deal with this exciting and ever-changing world has major implications for every tester and indeed for the world: in the value we can bring to projects and teams, but also in how we manage our careers, how we train up and coming testers, what skills we learn and teach. Register on The Dojo to watch the class free on the night.

How to Train Up a New Software Tester

We’ve all been new in a testing role at some point. You might remember starting out as a tester and whether you received any training at the time. So, what are some of the important things you could think about when training someone new? How can you help avoid a new team member feeling overwhelmed? And how can you give them the confidence to get them on the right track? Article by Claire Reckless

TestBash Belfast

Testbash is arriving in Belfast on the 18th May 2017 for a day of awesome test talks. We have 10 talks throughout the day as well as a 2 day Testing Web Services course on the 16th-17th May with Mark Winteringham. We only have a capacity of 100 tickets, so get your tickets on The Dojo

Senior Test Analysts — Scotland

Are you a Senior Test Analyst or a Test Analyst, looking for an innovative, best of breed organisation where you can both develop your testing skills and progress to achieve your career goals alongside delivering an outstanding service to client organisations? Come and take a look at Edge Testing

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144: Automated Responsive Design Testing using Galen with Ivan Shubin — Test Talks
Representation and Meaning: relating Programming, Testing, Coding and Checking — Evil Tester
Secure Logging Training by Clarified Security — Irina Ivanova About Software Testing
Testing In The Pub Episode 41 — At UKStar — Testing In The Pub
How do you hire a junior tester? — Katrina the Tester
Organise? A way! | putzerfisch — thoughts on testing
How to get latest nginx version for docker proxy image — zagorski software tester
Learning Software Testing Checklist — 2017 edition — Awesome Testing Blog
Well, That was a Bad Idea — Hiccupps
אשרי אדם מפחד תמיד Happy is the man who always fears: How FAR are you willing to go?
Finding a home for your content — WatirMelon.Blog
Vanity Testing Metrics — John Ruberto
How to Signal that the Build is Broken? Look for UFOs! — Adventures in Automation
Last Week’s Lessons On Pairing, Mobbing and Collaboration — A Tester’s Journey
Ep 74: Around the World in 80 Tests | Let’s Talk About Tests, Baby
Computer Security: Misc — WatirMelon.Blog
On Leadership, Power, Authority & Bullies — pt 1 — Rhythm of Testing
Migrating over to a new forum — Software Testing Club
Testing roles are shifting — Complexity is a Matter of Perspective
The 100 Day Deep Work Challenge — Update — 8 Days in — JamesWillett.com

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