Podcast Episode 123 – Professional Development

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. David, Russell and Chris are joined by Sergio Friere to talk about all things Professional Development. Sergio leads the banter and asks the peers what their oldest memories are, everything from canal boat parties to visiting a zulu hut are mentioned, with ages ranging from age […]

Podcast Episode 122 – Holiday Season Backlog Refinement

Seasons Greetings! Thank you for joining us for our fifth annual podcast at Christmastime, this years festive cheers with the Testing Peers brings Russell, Simon, David, Tara, Beth & Chris together to refine the holiday season backlog [see the footnote after the sponsor message for more details]. Who doesn’t feel the festive warm and fuzzies […]

Podcast Episode 121 – Tools for Testers

Thank you for joining us for episode 121 of the Testing Peers Podcast. This time, join Chris, Tara, Russell and David as we discuss tools for testers. Before diving into the main topic, to mark the festive period, Tara poses the ice-breaker question of the Peers’ favourite Holiday movie.It’s a Wonderful Life, Die Hard, Home […]

Podcast Episode 120 – Does the role of the SDET have a future?

Welcome to another Testing Peers podcast episode. This time, join Chris, David, Richard Bradshaw and Al Goodall (whose surname Chris had some real issues remembering, sorry Al!) In this episode, the Peers talk about the role of the SDET. Is it SDEad? To break the ice, Al leads the group into a discussion about the […]

Podcast Episode 119 – What’s Next? (Careers)

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, Chris is joined by Vernon Richards, Heather Carter and Richard Hinton to talk about career journeys and making that decision around next steps. Before that, Heather kicks off the banter by asking for 2 Truths and 1 Lie from each of the hosts. You’ll […]

Podcast Episode 118 – Authenticity at work

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Simon and first-time host, Butch Mayhew. Ahead of the main topic, Butch asks the group about their ideal superpower. We discuss controlling time, teleportation, flying, awareness (we’ll come back to that later in the episode) and Butch’s idea […]

Podcast Episode 117 – Letting Go

Welcome to episode 117 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Russell and Heather as we discuss closure and letting go! Heather kicks us off with a discussion around last-minute travel decisions and we think Russell probably wins! The Peers then jump into a discussion about letting go. Changing roles. What is […]

Podcast Episode 116 – Single Points of Failure

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, Jesper Ottosen joins Russell, David and Chris as we discuss single points of failure. As ever, we begin with our first email handles – as it turns out ours weren’t so embarrassing and have persisted, but at least we break the ice! Diving into […]

Podcast Episode 115 – No Testers, No Problem?

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, Russell, Callum Akehurst-Ryan & Leigh Rathbone as we talk on the topic of “No Testers, No Problem”. Before the main topic, Callum asks the group for their favourite fictional AI. From GLaDOS, I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E., the Terminator and Max Headroom. What’s your favourite fictional […]

Podcast Episode 114 – Learning Fast

Thanks for joining us for episode 114 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, Ben Dowen joins Russell, David and Chris as we dive into the topic of learning fast (as a different take on failing fast). For this episode’s banter, Ben asks the group about what their reasons to be cheerful are. A lot […]