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About the Book
You now understand the strengths and weaknesses of scripted versus exploratory work. You can outline the benefits of using automation and tooling, all while developing the mindset needed to reveal those hard-to-find bugs in your product.
And yet... Something is off!
You feel like:
- You're unsure which direction to take your career
- Or if you are sure, you don't know what the first steps are
- Life would be easier if fewer bugs got into the product in the first place...
- ...but that means influencing folks, and you don't know how
- Things would be easier if you were your The Boss™️
That's where The Sofware Tester's Journey comes in!
After reading the book, you'll:
- Learn about the importance of networking with your peers
- Pick up the ins and outs of job-hunting, including tips on using social media and GenAI like ChatGPT
- Discover the 4 mistakes people make trying to earn a promotion and what to do about them
- Understand the importance of managing up and how to do it
- Know the 5 reasons we should all learn how to give feedback
- Be able to choose a career direction using The Three Perspectives
- Gain insight into what it's like being your own boss
About the Authors
Nicola Lindgren is a Platform Manager, based in Malmö, Sweden. She is an international conference speaker, frequent blogger and avid learner of all things testing, agile and leadership.
She's worked in a variety of projects as a Test Coach, Test Analyst, Test Automation Engineer and Test Lead. She started two testing meetups (one in Auckland, New Zealand and one in Stockholm, Sweden), has taught software testing courses and run workshops, coached and mentored multiple testers and written for various testing publications. She has also been a co-instructor for the BBST Foundations course multiple times.
She blogs about testing, automation, personal development and agile at nicolalindgren.com.
Vernon Richards is a Quality Coach and Tester who helps teams build better products by fostering a deep understanding of the relationship between quality and software testing.
During the day, Vernon works as a Senior Expert Quality Engineer at a health tech company. He runs Abode of Quality in his spare time, a platform dedicated to exploring quality and testing.
In addition to that, Vernon presents at and hosts conferences, leads training workshops on coaching and testing, blogs regularly, and co-hosts The Vernon Richard Show podcast.