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The Automate or Die Special - do you have to automate to survive in testing? Jun 15, 2019

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Episode 10 of The Evil Tester Show

I receive a lot of concerned emails and messages from testers. People concerned that their testing skills will not be enough to keep them in work and that the future revolves around automation which they don't know how to do. No programming experience. And should they learn API or UI? What programming language should they learn? People do feel that their career is at risk.

And that's what I cover in this podcast to hopefully give you some tips if you do want to learn to program or code and start working on test automation, and some tips on what to do if you don't and think that software testers should not have to learn to code.

There are many paths to success in testing.

Show notes available at:

https://eviltester.com/show

The Why Special - do you ask why? How else can you ask questions that get results? Mar 22, 2019

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"Why?" is an incredibly popular question. I think it has problems. I try to avoid it when I'm consulting. In this show we will examine "Why?" and under what circumstances I do use it. "Why?" is almost a default question because it can take the place of every other question. It is easy to ask. We don't even need to know what answer we want. It's also a very ambiguous question, and when we ask why there is a risk that people try to read into our motivation, and that people might take offence. Show notes will be available at https://eviltester.com/show

What is Software Testing? A look at definitions, my definitions, models and why you should create your own. Mar 01, 2019

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What is Software Testing? A Hard Question. But many people want easy answers. In this episode we look at: - popular definitions for interview answers - how definitions can help - definitions are models - your definition will change, and should change over time - my working definition, how it changes and how it helps me Show notes:
https://eviltester.com/show/008-what-is-testing/

The Finding Tools Special - tactics and strategies for choosing testing tools Feb 20, 2019

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Have you ever built a tool list?

Yes? Me too. I don't any more. And in this show I explain why, and what I do instead.

Show notes are over on:
http://eviltester.com/show/007-finding-tools-2019/
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- https://compendiumdev.co.uk
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The Workarounds Special - how to bend the rules rather than break them Sep 07, 2018

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Have you ever used a workaround to get something done? You betcha. In this show I describe some examples and how important they have been in my testing and my career. And some of the risks you face when you use them. Show notes are over on: http://eviltester.com/show/006-workarounds-2018/ --- You can support me on Patreon https://patreon.com/eviltester (and receive extra content) Hire me for consultancy and buy my online books and training at: - https://compendiumdev.co.uk - http://eviltester.com - http://seleniumsimplified.com - http://javafortesters.com

The Rejection Special - strategies and tactics for when you get pushback May 01, 2018

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In this podcast we talk about Rejection.

You will receive rejection in many parts of your life. Happens to everyone. Everyone. The important thing is how you react to it. It is possible to allow a rejection to knock you flat and suck the motivation out of you so you give up. You have to understand that that reaction is a choice. And giving up, is probably the wrong choice.

In this podcast we will cover other choices you can make and strategies you can adopt to deal with and handle rejection.

* How to develop resilience
* How to handle rejection
* Sales is “get the right offer, in front of the right person, at the right time”.
* Rejection is built in to the sales process.
* Nature abhors a vacuum how to avoid doubts filling a confidence vacuum

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You can support me on Patreon https://patreon.com/eviltester (and receive extra content)

Hire me for consultancy and buy my online books and training at:

- https://compendiumdev.co.uk
- http://eviltester.com
- http://seleniumsimplified.com
- http://javafortesters.com

New Year Special 2018 - setting goals and following through rather than resolutions Jan 04, 2018

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How to use your Testing Skills to define goals and plans - The Evil Tester Show - New Year Special 2018
In this show you will learn:
- What is a resolution?
- why do you want it?
- how your beliefs help you
- how your testing skills help you define goals and create action plans
- Big goals or small goals?
- how to explore progress on goals as value add chunks
- Prioritise and learn to say NO
- Books for Questioning - The Structure of Magic - vols 1 and 2
- see also "NLP for Testers" https://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/page/nlp
Show Notes at EvilTester.com.show

Black Friday Special - thoughts on automating, confidence and options Nov 24, 2017

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In this Black Friday Special of The Evil Tester Show Podcast we consider lessons we can learn from discount sales, retail under pressure, and confidence tricksters and expert provocateurs. We discuss: - The Black Friday Software Testing Game - Oracles - Observation - Evidence - Belief - UK Sale of Goods Act - what is a sale? - What is an expert? - How to communicate like an expert - Automating through the GUI - Options for Automating - Testing for Confidence - Communicating Confidence - You can be confident that something is wrong - Confidence doesn't mean Goodness Show notes: http://eviltester.com/show/003-black-friday-2017/

Provocative Therapy and Quality Coaches - getting to the root of Agile Testing Nov 10, 2017

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The book Provocative Therapy has had a big impact on my life as a tester and a consultant. Also I want to discuss the Tester's Role in Modern Software Development and the current vogue for Quality Coaches (that might be a bit provocative)

- What is provocative therapy?
- The Goals of provocative therapy
- Humour in provocative therapy
- How to use provocative therapy as a consultant
- What is the tester's role in modern software development?
- Why are people confused about a Tester's role on Agile?
- Why is Agile Testing Hard?
- Why will Quality Coaching help?
- What does a tester really do?
- What makes a good tester different from other people on an Agile team?
- What are the dangers with Test Coaches?
- How do we define our own role on Agile Projects?
- What does a tester do on Agile Projects?
- Can programmer's test their own code?

Show notes at http://eviltester.com/show

http://eviltester.com/show/002-provocative-2017

Halloween Special 2017 - seeking out and dealing with anomalous phenomena Oct 23, 2017

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We are in the Uncertainty Business. We find and investigate anomalous Phenomena Anomalous - "deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected." We are part of a long tradition of Anomalous Phenomena seekers. Show notes

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