Podcasts by The Evil Tester Show

Test Automation Biases from 2022-02-11T12:08:43

In episode 16 of The Eviltester Show we are looking at Test Automation Biases, what they are, how to avoid them, and how to evaluate your own biases.

00:00 What is an Au...

The Finding Tools Special - tactics and strategies for choosing testing tools from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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://evilt...

The Workarounds Special - how to bend the rules rather than break them from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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 ris...

Exploratory Testing Government Guidance from 2020-08-27T09:05:10

In this episode we have a discussion of a UK government guide to exploratory testing.

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Recruiting Testers from 2020-08-17T16:44:11

Recruiting Testers is hard.

What we want to do is minimise the friction and barriers. In this podcast I'll share some tips on what has worked for ...

How to Get a Job In Software Testing from 2020-06-26T10:50:38

Episode 013 of The Evil Tester Show covers "How To Get a Job in Software Testing".

- Getting a Job is different from Doing the Job

- Persistence is key t...

Tips for Talking at Online Conferences from 2020-04-22T15:55:12

More and more conferences are going online. Speakers will have to adapt. In this post I outline some recommendations based on years of online video, webinar and course creation.

What Should I Be? Programmer or Tester? from 2020-03-31T10:07:56

I receive a lot of emails asking which way should people focus their career - Testing? Programming? Automating?

And that's what I cover in this podcast.

The Automate or Die Special - do you have to automate to survive in testing? from 2019-06-15T09:37:34

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...

The Why Special - do you ask why? How else can you ask questions that get results? from 2019-03-22T08:56:57

"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 circumst...

What is Software Testing? A look at definitions, my definitions, models and why you should create your own. from 2019-03-01T08:42:24

What is Software Testing?
 
A Hard Question. But many people want easy answers. In this episode we look at:
 
- popular definitions for interview answer...

The Rejection Special - strategies and tactics for when you get pushback from 2018-05-01T10:54:35

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 ...

New Year Special 2018 - setting goals and following through rather than resolutions from 2018-01-04T13:41:13

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?
-...

Black Friday Special - thoughts on automating, confidence and options from 2017-11-24T09:55:16

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 provocateu...

Provocative Therapy and Quality Coaches - getting to the root of Agile Testing from 2017-11-10T14:51:30

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 ...

Halloween Special 2017 - seeking out and dealing with anomalous phenomena from 2017-10-23T14:13:36

We are in the Uncertainty Business.
 
We find and investigate anomalous Phenomena
 
Anomalous - "deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected."
 
We are ...