{"id":2850,"date":"2022-07-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testingpeers.com\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2022-07-03T20:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T20:29:45","slug":"podcast-episode-59-toxicity-in-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testingpeers.com\/?p=2850","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 59 &#8211; Toxicity in Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-10898102\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1078751\/10898102-toxicity-in-testing.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-10898102&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers.<br><br>Chris and Russell have returned from their EuroSTAR adventures, to join the other regulars to talk toxicity in testing.<br><br>Before diving in, Simon leads the banter around what three apps would you keep on your phone, if you were allowed only three.<br><br>Thankfully, no toxicity there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Onto the main discussion, the Peers discuss everything from behaviours, misunderstanding, misappropriation, unrealistic expectations to politics and more!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the note of knowledge gatekeeping:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>If I have seen further,<\/em>\u201d Isaac Newton wrote in a 1675 letter to fellow scientist Robert Hooke, \u201c<em>it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We move on to talking about the issues of explaining what we do in testing, the biases there are in and around the craft, and the toils in educating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What about feedback, optics, how are we all communicating with each other? Plus our responsibilities as leaders, working in this space, who the audience and what the benefit is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do touch on social media and indeed some of that is what inspired this thread by Chris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is very easy to sit and watch testing Twitter and forget to participate.<br><br>Actually, it can be terrifying at times putting yourself out there in any way.<br><br>I&#39;ve been thinking more and more about feedback and optics, of late<\/p>&mdash; Chris Armstrong (@christovskia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christovskia\/status\/1542498791928090626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closing out the conversation, we talking about what we can do, being respectful, considering context are important and with whom can we talk about these things?<br>How can we challenge things or call out toxic behaviours?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for listening. 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