Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. This episode is special to us for two reasons. Firstly, this is being released exactly a year since we released our first episode and it is humbling to see how far we have come in that year and how many of you have listened. Secondly, and more […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 27 – Burnout"Thank you for joining us for another episode. On this episode, we are talking about our experiences of leading upwards and allowing our teams to lead us. This topic came from our good friend Beth Marshall who sent us the below tweet. Before diving into the topic, Simon asks the peers what apps or technology […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 26 – Leading Upwards"Welcome to the 25th episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. Join Russell, David and Chris as we discuss the unexpected. After talking about unexpected or anti-climactic events in our lives, specifically food and movies, we look at how it applies to us in the workplace. Whether it is a colleague leaving unexpectedly (or even if […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 25 – Dealing with the unexpected"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this one, we are discussing how companies can attract the best talent to their testing roles. Before we dived into the main topic, David asked us to think of occasions where we had taken a punt (much like sometimes companies do with their hiring) and whether […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 24 – Attracting Great Testers"Welcome to episode 23 of the Testing Peers. This time we talk about reputation and brand. We cover what it is, why it matters and some tips to help you. This week we start off discussing Beth Marshall’s reputation audit template. A great tool for self reflection on your reputation. We move on to discuss […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 23 – Personal Reputation and Brand"Welcome to episode 22 of the Testing Peers podcast. This week the Peers tackle exploratory testing. After the important check-in on David’s potato harvest, Simon asks us if our curiosity has ever led to us breaking anything – which eventually leads us to the main event. What do we mean by exploratory testing? How does […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 22 – Exploratory Testing"Welcome to episode 21 of the Testing Peers and thank you for sticking with us. What better topic to discuss for our Valentines Day release than our experiences of dealing with conflict? We are a three again for this episode with David’s dulcet tones missing from the recording. So Simon, Russell and Chris do their […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 21 – Conflict"Welcome to episode 20 of the Testing Peers podcast. In this episode, the Peers discuss something that we all are confronted with in life – imposter syndrome. The Peers open by defining what we see imposter syndrome is and is not. Terms like ‘feeling out of depth’, ‘shame’, ‘new pupil at school’ are used and […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 20 – Imposter Syndrome"Welcome to Testing Peers Podcast! Each New Year, many of us reflect on the year we’ve had and think about the year ahead of us. We make resolution for the items we want keep doing or change we want to make. It seems quite timely to be talking about retrospectives and sharing our thoughts and […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 19 – Retrospectives"Happy new year and welcome to the first Testing Peers episode of 2021. Hopefully, you have all managed to enjoy the holiday season given the restrictions. In this episode, the Peers discuss one of Simon’s pet projects. We discuss the lack of testing being taught in Universities and how we as an industry can help […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 18 – #MakeATester"