“I fear that posting this will have negative consequences for me, but I feel more strongly that I need to share this experience and raise awareness.” It’s been a year and a half since I shared my story of Sexual Harassment in Tech & the Testing Community. It was an extremely difficult thing […]
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Salesforce UI Automation: POM vs UTAM vs TestZeus Hercules
Having joined my first Salesforce project just over six months ago, we’re now ready to consider automating the UI. We previously had one automated UI flow for our old system, which was completely different, and this was created as more of a proof of concept (PoC) for automated system integration tests across different […]
CRAIC SOURCERERS: How to Test Like a Tester
Yes, you read that right. CRAIC SOURCERERS. As in, “what’s the craic”? It’s a mnemonic I came up with while trying to think of ways to help people test like a tester – like this tester, at least. Whether you’re preparing for your resident testing specialist to be out of office, wondering how […]
Tips for First-Time Public Speakers
I recently read a post in a Slack workspace I’m in, asking for information and guidance for first-time speakers. I’ve spoken at a range of events, from local meet ups and internal presentations to international conferences, and so I thought it might be helpful to share some of my tips and experiences. […]
Onboarding Tips for Testers
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know you’ll know that I like to write about things that will not only help future me, but other people as well. Having recently started a new role, I’d like to take note of some things that I’ve done as part of my […]
Tester vs Quality Engineer: Which One Are You?
What’s in a name? When it comes to job titles, names can mean a lot. Some top things job titles can influence include: How others see you How people treat you How much authority people assign to you What people expect of you What you expect of yourself Some situations when a […]