Tag Archives | Rob Lambert

Top Tips For Your Curriculum Vitae

Published on November 14, 2011 in Archive

What follows is my personal view of hiring Testers with some hints and tips on how to put forward an excellent CV to help get the job you want. The views and opinions will be different to other Hiring Managers, but I hope that some of the advice may help you understand a little more [...]

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Book Excerpt – The Problems With Testing

Published on July 31, 2011 in Archive

Meetings Meetings are exactly why testing is in the state it is in today. Time being wasted in meetings is on the increase and the negativity that accompanies most meetings is enough to drag you down for the rest of the day. 10:00 You pitch up for the 10am meeting eager to discuss project details [...]

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Conversation: Is The Explosion In Blogs About Testing A Positive Thing, Even If We Don’t Agree With The Message

Published on July 28, 2010 in Archive

Elizabeth Fiennes: Yes it is as it promotes discussion Markus Gärtner: yes Marlena Compton: Visibility is good. trisherino: yes absolutely! trisherino: Free flow of ideas. If people don’t agree with the message, it will at least get them talking. Rob Lambert: for sure Marlena Compton: +1 for that Markus Gärtner: it helps in bouncing ideas [...]

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Is Attending Conferences Valuable?

Published on July 28, 2010 in Archive

Markus Gärtner: depends Elizabeth Fiennes: oooh, there is a question Marlena Compton: yes…it gets you out of your own fishbowl Elizabeth Fiennes: attending can be expensive, whatever about valuable Marlena Compton: Especially if you are a solo tester or on a small team. Markus Gärtner: attending a conference on the solar system may be of [...]

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Conversation: So Is A Diploma With Work Experience The Way To Go?

Published on July 28, 2010 in Archive

Elizabeth Fiennes: For me, yes Markus Gärtner: that depends trisherino: Sounds like a good idea. Marlena Compton: Seems like it assumes certain limits to software. Markus Gärtner: diversity in work experience would be more interesting to an employer, I think trisherino: I guess it depends on what’s being taught? Marlena Compton: I think I agree [...]

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Conversation – Starting Out as a New Tester

Published on February 8, 2010 in Archive

With Rob Lambert, Simon Morley, Skim (aka Steve K) Simon Hi. Here’s my first wave… Starting out as a new tester -like the context-driven school says there are no best practices – the same is true about getting into testing or becoming a tester – there are no best ways how to do it… Everyone [...]

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