Skip your intros, jump straight to the value, edit out the fluff
TLDR; Plan, Practice and Communicate as efficiently, clearly, and concisely as possible.
What is a Software Developer? Programmer? Tester? A Career Aspiration?
TLDR; What does Software Developer actually mean? I don’t think it is synonymous with Programmer I think it refers to someone who can do most of the activities associated with creating, releaseing and selling software.
Q. How to learn software testing? A. Identify, Try, Apply
TLDR; Reading is fine. But at some point we have to put it into action. Identify an appropriate “thing”, Try it in a controlled environment, Apply it in the real world.
Q. Do you have to be negative to be a tester? A. No
TLDR; Negativity tends to bias processes towards the status quo. Negative feedback causes system to change. Change is how we improve.
Are testers there to make development look good?
TLDR; Testing does not make things look good, it makes things look the way they are. At which point we can improve, and then look better.
QA is a process not a role and is not testing
TLDR; Quality Assurance is a process. It is not a role. Roles have responsibilities, and we all have a responsibility for quality. People don’t DO quality.


