Software Test Engineering @ Microsoft

Perspectives from Microsoft STEs

The back of the box for Encarta Premium 2006 has a nifty feature chart that I've been unable to find...

Date: 08/08/2005

Encarta's MVP, Stephen Stakey, has just launched the Encarta SupportZone- you can find it here. As...

Date: 04/15/2005

The Encarta Team blog is now up and running with it's very first post. Take a look here! The IE Team...

Date: 03/23/2005

Steve Rowe has an excellent blog post on Three Reasons To Consider Being a Test Developer (aka...

Date: 01/25/2005

In our last post (here), we took a look at an Access Violation of a user mode application attempting...

Date: 01/18/2005

Pop quiz: what does this line of code do when executed? int foo = (((int)0)); If you’re an astute...

Date: 01/12/2005

Starting this week, I’ll be starting a series on the nuts and bolts of software crashes. Complex...

Date: 01/11/2005

Mike Howard has posted some examples of buffer overflows by incorrect use of "safe" string...

Date: 11/03/2004

What’s the difference between a Software Test Engineer (STE) and a Software Design Engineer in Test...

Date: 10/06/2004

I'm going to head off today and talk about something in the blog world, and not at all about...

Date: 09/09/2004

Ever wanted to meet real, breathing, Microsoft employees and you're located around Syracuse NY? If...

Date: 08/31/2004

It's really hard to wrap your head around how complex software like Office or Windows is. These...

Date: 08/09/2004

There's been a recent spike of activity from people posting Microsoft interview questions online....

Date: 07/20/2004

Shrini K had an excellent question about the concept of a Test Case Yield. Test Cases can take an...

Date: 07/15/2004

Have you ever read Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine? I had the chance to read it for a...

Date: 06/21/2004

Matt asked a lot of good questions in the comments about yesterdays post on the automation tools I...

Date: 06/18/2004

Wow, that's a ridiculous title. I sound like I drank the kool-aide. I guess I have, but I should...

Date: 06/09/2004

I was walking around the hallways yesterday and walked by the office of one of the test leads on my...

Date: 06/03/2004

I'm going to take a break from talking about testing and put on my recruiting hat. I've done a lot...

Date: 05/27/2004

Encarta would be really cool if came with a talking Robot toy to explain content! There are a lot of...

Date: 05/26/2004

My team is still bogged down in Spec work, but we're getting close to being done. Over the past few...

Date: 05/11/2004

I've been real busy with all the planning work we're doing now. Part of that is writing test plans...

Date: 04/29/2004

There was an interesting question on Encarta's Beta newsgroup recently. In a nutshell, it was asked:...

Date: 04/28/2004

After Greg's last two posts I can see this is going to work out great. While Greg's product...

Date: 04/21/2004

Interesting in getting involved as a technical Beta Tester for Microsoft products? There's some...

Date: 04/20/2004

Things have been particularly busy here for the Encarta Test team as we roll out the Beta for our...

Date: 04/20/2004

Most people know that part of software planning and scheduling is developers taking a look at the...

Date: 04/14/2004

A reader named “Iam N” left an interesting comment about his search for a career that...

Date: 04/09/2004

Time for a foray into a “hidden“ perk of working at Microsoft. One of my favorite perks...

Date: 04/07/2004

Let’s pretend today is one of your first days on the job as a Tester at Company X. You see the...

Date: 04/05/2004

Mike asked what languages I use when I write test automation. It turns out there's a lot of them....

Date: 04/05/2004

Well, I know I said I'd have this done on Wednesday, but I ended up writing a bit more then I...

Date: 04/02/2004

I just arrived back from the RIT career fair. Thanks everyone that stopped by our booth! I think...

Date: 04/01/2004

While Greg is off at RIT doing one of my favorite work activities (recruiting) I thought I'd veer...

Date: 03/30/2004

I'll be representing Microsoft at the upcoming RIT career fair on Wednesday, 3/29/04, from 1:00PM-...

Date: 03/29/2004

Jozo asked me to elaborate on what aptitudes make a good STE. I figure that's a good a topic as any...

Date: 03/26/2004

I'm Chris Dickens, and as Greg mentioned the other day I'm another Software Test Engineer (STE) at...

Date: 03/25/2004

Brian Lutz is a lucky contracting Tester in the building with my favorite cafeteria on campus, 110....

Date: 03/25/2004

Humans seem to have a natural tendency to categorize. Software Test Engineers are no exception,...

Date: 03/24/2004

Thanks for everyone's comments so far! I'm surprised at how quickly this blog has taken off. A lot...

Date: 03/24/2004

It looks like I've been linked from the Technical Careers @ Microsoft blog. Thanks for the link,...

Date: 03/24/2004

Greetings! It looks like I’m the latest Microsoftie to jump onto the blogging scene....

Date: 03/23/2004

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Date: 03/18/2004

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