Continuous Learning – What I did in the last Month (August 2020)

Dear Technologists, hope you all are doing well.

Last month was a bit hectic; however, in addition to regular office work and personal tasks; I was able to spend some time on learning. Here is the quick summary of my learning engagements for the last month.

Quality, DevOps and Engineering leadership – Katrina Clokie

This video is available on Code Space IT education’s YouTube channel. In this talk, Katrina Clokie has shared her insights on below questions &/or points.

- What is DevOps (her perspective)?

- Difference between Testing in DevOps and Testing?

- Is it possible to build a culture without right people?

- Insights on DevOps and Agile together

- Difference between Technical Leadership & Social Leadership?

- Experience in first leadership job and how did she succeed in it?

- Why she decided to leave Software Testing Profession, stopped blogging?

- Why people are leaving Testing (moving to Development or other roles)?

- Why Testers/Testing profession is in lowest hierarchy?

- Advice /suggestions for new Leaders

- Agile/DevOps – How difficult it is to change a culture?

- How to reduce the stress/pressure level within a Team?

- How to tackle a situation when you get promoted within a Team (peer to Leader) of people with same level?

If interested; check out the video here.

Testers don’t just test. They make a product successful. – Ruslan Desyatnikov

This video is available on Code Space IT education’s YouTube channel. In this talk, Ruslan Desyatnikov has shared his insights on below questions.

- Testers don’t just test. They make a product successful. - What are the reasons for this conclusion?

- Will Artificial Intelligence replace Testers?

- What is the difference between a Software Testing department and Testing Center of Excellence?

- If we want to have a Testing Center of Excellence in an organization, what should we start from?

- Most important KPI's to measure the Quality?

- What was the main reason for him to leave the big company and start his own enterprise?

- What is the ratio of Manual Testers and Automation Engineers in a QA Mentor?

- How Testers (in QA Mentor) maintain effective communication with the remote Developers and what are the disadvantages of being separate from each other?

- What is your message for young entrepreneurs (in the Software Testing domain)?

I reckon you should check out this video. It is available here.

Webinar - 5 Testing Skills to Become a Complete Tester

This webinar was organized by TestProject team. In this webinar; Pooja Shah has focused on below points.

- Critical 5C's (Curiosity, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity, & Continuous Learning) required to become a Super Tester

- Ways to increase Test Coverage and at the same time reducing effort

- Free and Open Source Testing tools for Testers

If interested; check out the video here.

Podcast – TestProject OpenSDK with Kevin Dunne

In this podcast; Kevin Dunne has talked about below points.

- What is TestProject?

- What’s new in the TestProject OpenSDK?

- TestProject Agent concept & benefits

- Who worked on core TestProject OpenSDK & challenges faced?

- Target audience for OpenSDK

- Compatibility with other SDK's

If interested; you can listen to this podcast here.

Tools and Techniques for Performance and Load Testing

This quick course by Amber Race on Test Automation University encompasses below items.

- What is Performance and Load Testing?

- Factors to consider for Client Performance & Server Performance?

- Performance Testing for Web Apps, Mobile Apps

- Tools for Performance Testing

- Tools for Load Testing

- How to design and execute effective load tests

If interested; check out the course here.

The Whole Team Approach to Continuous Testing

This quick course by Elisabeth Hocke on Test Automation University encompasses below items.

- What is Continuous Testing and what are the benefits of it?

- The Whole Team Approach - Common problems teams are facing and how whole team approach can help?

- How to tackle Automation and get started learning more about Automation (without an Expert)?

- Different kinds of Pairing Styles and how pairing up for Automation can help you succeed?

- Mob approach and how the whole team can benefit from this collaboration practice?

If interested; check out the course here.

That’s all from my side.

13 Years of Software Testing

By the way, in the last month I have completed 13 years of my Software Testing career. Do check out the blog post here. 😍

13 Years of Software Testing

I would love to hear from you as well. What have you done? What courses you have taken or areas that you are focusing on?

Have you attended any Online Software Testing event (Meetup, Conference, Webinar etc.)? Comment below with your thoughts, experiences, and recommendations, etc.

Keep learning, keep sharing, and yes, stay safe. 😇