Certifications Cause Controversy
Blogged : Certifications are creating lazy hiring managers http://t.co/sk3wHCGt32#softwaretesting
— Rob Lambert (@Rob_Lambert) June 18, 2014
“A certification is not a marker of excellence.” Rob Lambert blogged about how he is yet to see any direct link between excellent candidates for a testing job and their possession of a testing certification.
Words on Software Development
25 top quotes about software development http://t.co/WRKMkKoqsI pic.twitter.com/4GpgpYXuLS — Typemock (@typemock) June 10, 2014
Typemock collects some fine quotes on the topic of software testing including my favourite “Our job is to tell you your baby is ugly!”. Read the rest here
Image Problem
Saw this posted on LinkedIn earlier. Why do some people still think that this is a good image for testers to project? pic.twitter.com/WyzdxCcWD4 — Stephen Janaway (@stephenjanaway) June 16, 2014
Another quote of the image of testers. Stephen Janaway (@stephenjanaway) is not too impressed about the image some are portraying of QA’s.
Some thoughts from Space
Hello Ireland, been waiting to see you pic.twitter.com/MVI1SczDqn — Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 16, 2014
Astronaut Reid Wiseman currently living on the International Space Station verifies that we had plenty of sunshine this week in Ireland.
Passive\Aggressive Recruitment
“..We are aggressively hiring software testers..” So the passive approach didn’t work then I take it! #WordingInTestingAds — Guy Mason (@testingqa) June 19, 2014
Guy Mason, (@testingqa) QA Specialist is slightly concerned about some recruitment companies strategies for hiring software testers.
GIFtastic
Twitter now supports GIFs http://t.co/mQHpjofjmG http://t.co/Cw0ptD8OxH — Mashable (@mashable) June 18, 2014
We heard news this week that Twitter will now support Gif’s (animated images on continuous loop) on Twitter’s iPhone, Android and web versions. Some are more excited than others.
This is Real Life
This is how software bug fixes look like in the real world pic.twitter.com/3xYpVD7Fhv — Shay Friedman (@ironshay) June 13, 2014
Shay Friedman, (@ironshay) founder of@CodeValue finds his real-life comparison of software bug fixes.
Michael Bolton Offers Some Advice to Testers
Testers: want to get a bunch of solid test ideas in a hurry? Ask your friends the support people what really bothers the customers. #testing
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) June 18, 2014
