Podcast Episode 87 – Testing as a career – is it worth it?

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This week join Russell, David, Chris and first-time host, Beth Clarke, as the Peers discuss careers in software testing. After a cuddly toy-themed opening, the group talk about paths into software testing, with the group’s academic paths coming from biology, astrophysics, architecture, humanities & politics. We […]

Podcast Episode 86 – Content Creation

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Tara Walton and Vernon Richards join Chris on this week’s episode as we talk about content creation. Before diving into the main topic, Vernon introduces the banter topic of travelling pet peeves – familiar topics covered included comfort, fear, other people, hidden costs and more. Then […]

Podcast Episode 85 – Red Flags

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join David, Chris, Simon and guest-host, Steve Watson, as we talk about red flags. Before diving into the main subject, the Peers discuss if they’ve ever been told that they’re a lookalike for anyone famous. Diving into the topic of red flags, the Peers […]

Podcast Episode 84 – Deadlines

Welcome to episode 84 of the Testing Peers podcast. This week, Sam Nitsche joins regular hosts David, Russell and Chris as we discuss deadlines. After initially covering our relationships with deadlines while in school, we jump into the main topic, deadlines that impact, or are impacted by testing. The conversation touches deadlines as a tool, […]

Podcast Episode 83 – Delegation

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. A fully stacked panel for this episode with Simon, Russell and David being joined by Shey and Beth (shows the hole that Chris leaves when he’s not around that we need to replace him with 2!). The topic for this episode was to focus on the leadership […]

Podcast Episode 82 – Healthy Workplace Expectations

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This week, join Russell, David, Chris and special guest host, Vernon Richards as we discuss healthy workplace expectations and if we’re normal! Before diving in, the Peers discuss annoying software from ITV player to MsTeams and banks software, a lot of software seems to annoy us. […]

Podcast Episode 78 – Testers’ Growth

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This week, join Russell, David, Simon and special guest host, Dan Ashby as we discuss growth as testers. Before diving in, the Peers discuss things that they have grown and taken pride in, from careers, to children, to plants. The topic is introduced by Dan, speaking […]

Podcast Episode 77 – Testing Leadership

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers! This week, join Simon, David, Russell and (semi-regular) Shey as they talk about leadership in testing. The episode kicks off with a discussion about leadership icons outside of testing, before diving into leadership in testing. Shey shares his journey into leadership, and how he discovered unhelpful leadership […]

Podcast Episode 73 – Glue Work

Hello and welcome to episode 73 of the Testing Peers podcast, where this week we are talking about glue work. This week, regulars Chris, David and Russell are joined by the brilliant Vernon Richards. Before diving in, Vernon asks the Peers about their favourite non-work books. Chris then introduces the main topic of glue work, […]

Podcast Episode 72 – 30 Things Every New Tester Should Learn – 6 Years On

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast, this time we have a slightly different show for you. Regular host, Chris is joined by the wonderful Heather Reid, as we look back over the brilliant article Heather wrote back in 2017 – 30 Things Every New Software Tester Should Learn on the Ministry of […]