notes and rants

I read a post from Shrini last week where he expanded on Lidor Wyssocky’s post on the ten myths of software development by developing the ten myths of software testing. There's a lot I could add to each of these myths, but the statement that constantly Read More...

I recently finished teaching a session of an internal course I designed for senior testers (by "senior", I'm generally talking about the top 5-10% of all non-management testers at MS). The senior tester role can have a lot of variation, so the course Read More...

One of my larger projects at work right now revolves around the growth paths for senior testers. The career path for testers at Microsoft is a bit different than some other companies in that testers can attain promotions, salaries and awards equal to Read More...