Scorpion Due to Arrive soon
“You have to be nerdy but you also have to be a leader” – Walter O’Brien
A new TV series is due to air in September in the U.S. on CBS based on the life and work of Walter O’Brien. If you are not aware who Walter O’Brien is, he is a Co.Wexford native who at the age of 13 was hacking into NASA. He emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1990’s after graduating with a degree in Computer Science from Sussex University. He set up Scorpion Computer Services, specialising in international security, not long after he arrived. His company was instrumental in tracking down the Boston bombers back in 2013. Also he is currently considered the fourth most intelligent person in the world with an IQ of 197 (Einstein had 165). Walter was heavily involved in the casting and advising on the show. Read more about that here. there is a short article here. You can watch a preview of the first episode here.
Train them Young
Who knows what bugs may look like in 20 years! http://t.co/oekNlLPdUP #SoftwareTester #SoftwareJoke #TestingJoke #BabyTester
— Join_SogetiUK (@Join_SogetiUK) August 14, 2014
Or perhaps the baby should be sitting in front of a PC running Python?
Startup Hires Employees With Autism
“It’s funny because if you were to write the sort of natural skills you’re looking for in a tester, there’s only one place we know to look” – Rajesh Anandan, founder ULTRA Testing
Rajesh Anandam, founder of ULTRA Testing explains why the company priorities hiring those with autism. The company was founded on the policy of hiring people on the autism spectrum. Those with Autism Spectrum Disorder tend to have good logical skills and maintain focus better on repetitive tasks than others. The company has already reached profitability and has grown its staff of testers (all on the autism spectrum) from three to ten. You can read the full story here.
CAST 2014
#CAST2014 conference done – will establish an online way to sign what is now being called the testers manifesto- pic.twitter.com/F1sBdl5w2R
— karennjohnson (@karennjohnson) August 13, 2014
CAST (Association for Software Testing) 2014 took place in New York over the past week under the title of “The Art and Science of Testing”. One of the interesting things to come out of the event was this testers manifesto. What are your thoughts on it?
Robin Williams
This is a nice piece on Robin Williams, written by my former employer and (to me) older brother figure Mark Breslin. http://t.co/ylq1f197ds
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) August 14, 2014
In the week that Robin Williams passed away, Michael Bolton offers a good recommendation to read about his passing.
