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Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:43 PM

Life Outside of Work

While Greg is off at RIT doing one of my favorite work activities (recruiting) I thought I'd veer off topic for a bit and talk about extra-curricular activities. There's a stereotype out there that Microsoft people let themselves get consumed by work.
Posted by chappell | 4 Comments
Monday, March 29, 2004 11:38 AM

Meet Greg @ RIT

I'll be representing Microsoft at the upcoming RIT career fair on Wednesday, 3/29/04, from 1:00PM- 6:00PM (in the Clarke Gymnasium). I'll be happy to answer any questions about Testing and Microsoft, and of course we'll be taking resumes for the other
Posted by chappell | 0 Comments
Friday, March 26, 2004 12:29 PM

What Makes a Good STE

Jozo asked me to elaborate on what aptitudes make a good STE. I figure that's a good a topic as any for my first real content post. First off, I feel a need to go above and beyond our standard disclaimer and say that these are just my perspectives as
Posted by chappell | 8 Comments
Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:48 PM

Chris Joins The Team

I'm Chris Dickens, and as Greg mentioned the other day I'm another Software Test Engineer (STE) at Microsoft. I've had a personal blog for a little more then a year now (it's mostly about movies and other entertainment stuff - shameless plug: http://www.idontwatchmovies.com
Posted by chappell | 5 Comments
Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:03 PM

Test Cases at Microsoft

Brian Lutz is a lucky contracting Tester in the building with my favorite cafeteria on campus, 110. He brings up a great comment about the role of Test Cases at Microsoft: One thing I’d like to see is some discussion about test cases, and how they
Posted by chappell | 7 Comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:08 PM

Categories of Testing at Microsoft

Humans seem to have a natural tendency to categorize. Software Test Engineers are no exception, especially when it comes into breaking down our work items. Different “types” of Testing include the following: Functional Testing Specification
Posted by chappell | 14 Comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:09 PM

Comments thus far

Thanks for everyone's comments so far! I'm surprised at how quickly this blog has taken off. A lot of people are reading, and a lot of people are showing some great interest about Software Test Engineering at Microsoft. Another STE at Microsoft, Chris
Posted by chappell | 0 Comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:47 AM

What is Software Test Engineering?

This is a phrase that means different things to different people. Often, I’m surprised at how much different the role of an STE is on a team like Windows compared to Office, Xbox, and Works. Across different software companies, the differences in
Posted by chappell | 6 Comments
Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:09 AM

Linked from JobsBlog!

It looks like I've been linked from the Technical Careers @ Microsoft blog. Thanks for the link, Gretchen and Zoe! I've been reading their blog since its inception (which is probably about a full week : ). They've already posted some invaluable inside
Posted by chappell | 0 Comments
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:34 PM

What is Software Test Engineering?

This is a phrase that means different things to different people. Often, I’m surprised at how much different the role of an STE is on a team like Windows compared to Office, Xbox, and Works. Across different software companies, the differences in
Posted by chappell | 6 Comments
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:18 PM

Testing at Microsoft...

Greetings! It looks like I’m the latest Microsoftie to jump onto the blogging scene. It’s really growing fast here in Redmond (and elsewhere!). I’ve got all kinds of ideas to discuss in this blog, such as: What is like to have a career
Posted by chappell | 10 Comments
 
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