The Tester at the Table and the Tester in my Head

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 1 The tester at the Table! with Adrian
P. Dunston And the Tester in my Head

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Story Time 2

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 3

5 Adrian P. Dunston (he/him) [email protected] @bitcapulet

6 Adrian P. Dunston (he/him) [email protected] @bitcapulet

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 14 Hiya! I'm Sydney.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 15 Because ants are amazing.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 16 And maybe because you told your artist
to "have fun with this one."

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 17 1. how? 2. How? 3. How? Why?
4. How?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 24 ? ? ? ? ?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 44 1. 2. 3. 4. How?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 1. Repeat yourself If you repeat something enough
times, we'll believe it's true. 45

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Develop 46

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Let's have a little play! 47

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 49 Ahem..

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 50 And why not?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 51 Correct. They belong to your tester.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 52 Remember what Yulia said...

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet You explain, she decides. 53

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet If you value your safety. 54

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 55 Like I said: she decides.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Father-in-law Catch-phrases 56

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 57 Nothing hard is ever easy.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 58 Even a blind pig finds an acorn
once in a while.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 59 Yeah? And if my grandmother had wheels,
she'd be a stagecoach.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Tester Catch-Phrases 60

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 61 You explain, I decide.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 62 That looks complicated. It would be a
shame if a user were to mess with it.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 63 That's why we have checklists.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 64 Nobody will buy half the store. But
if they do, you'll want your register working.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 65 QA professional Jenni Hesse says... Prove it.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet • Prove it. • How do we know
it's working? • Might be a load-bearing bug. • That's why we have checklists • If it were broken in production, how would we know? • You support me, and I keep you safe. • You explain, I decide. • Don't feed the test-matrix • It's OUR job to make quality software 66

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Keep and 71

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 76 • Simple • Unexpected • Emotional

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 79 First: I lost an argument about risk…

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 80 First: I lost an argument about risk…
Then: We all had to stay late when the app exploded.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet First: A dev told me "works on my
machine"... 81

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 82 Then you crushed him for his impudence!

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet First: A dev told me "works on my
machine"... Then: I asked him where my environment was different, and he found the bug. 83

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 85 They probably won't buy half the store...

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 87 Remember that time we didn't point-in the
risk and all had to stay all night?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 88 How is this different?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 89 • Simple • Unexpected • Emotional

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 91 1. Repeat yourself 2. 3. 4.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 2. Make a deal We're in this together
92

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet More stagecraft! 93

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 95 Are you seriously considering it?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 96 Does that matter?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 97 Good boy.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet how we 98

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 102 Yay, dopamine!

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet ___ (___) ___ \\_(___) ()____) USS Enterprise 103

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 104 Aww, oxytocin!

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 106 Boo! Anxiety and sadness!

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Beware the narcissists.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet the 118

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 120 Optimism

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 121 Optimism Skepticism

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 129 Optimism + Skepticism

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 130 You support me, and I keep you
safe.

safe. 1. Stick up for me

safe. 1. Stick up for me 2. Do fit and finish

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 133 Stick up for me.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 134 Stick up for me.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 135 Stick up for me

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 140 Fit and finish

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 152 My test environment's down again.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 153 Why am I suddenly worried about flying
baseballs?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 155 1. Repeat yourself 2. Make a deal
3. 4.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 3. Argue (Correctly) 156

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Frame 157

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 158 Bad news: You can't change people's minds.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 159 Bad news: You can't change people's minds.
Wha YO wa . Wha I wa .

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 160 Good news: They already agree with you.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 161 Wha I wa . Wha YO wa
.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 162 Wha I wa . Wha WE wa
. Wha YO wa .

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 163 Wha I wa . Wha YO wa
. Wha WE wa .

. Wha YO wa .

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 166 Reframing

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 167 The question isn't can we afford regression
testing, it's can we afford to have our users do it? Reframing

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 168 The question isn't "X?" The question is
"Y thing related to X?" Reframing

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 169 The question isn't, "Are techniques like this
sneaky?" It's "How can we make sure we're using our powers for good?"

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet It's not about It's about making the argument.
170

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet The play's the thing! 171

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 172 Your QA said to test the edge
cases.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 173 I don't think the team was listening.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 174 So why are you writing unit tests
for the edge cases?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 175 ...

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 176 Of course you did.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 177 ?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Stay (Usually) 178

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet Drama! 179

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 180 There's a bug with this minor subsystem.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 181 I will crush your bones and drink
your marrow!

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 182 There's a bug with this minor subsystem.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 183 I really think it should stay in
dev. Would you prefer to try it in production?

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 184 By all means.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 185 I know I'm right. Whether you learn
that the hard way or the easy way doesn't matter to me.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 192 Good news: If all goes according to
plan, developers will start following your advice.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 193 Bad news: They will also think it
was their idea in the first place.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 194 Bad news: They will also think it
was their idea in the first place. They are geniuses, after all.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 195 Wha WE wa .

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 196 1. Repeat yourself 2. make a deal
3. Argue (correctly) 4.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 4. Promote Yourself It's part of the job.
197

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 202 Quality is the hidden ingredient in all
of our products. But it’s consumed just like everything else. QA professional Mike Baldwin says...

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 210 * Updated automation

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 211 * Updated automation * Improved root-cause process

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 212 * Updated automation * Improved root-cause process
* Spoke at conference

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 213 "You rock!" - the VP

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 214 "You rock!" - the VP ATTABOYS

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 215 "You rock!" - the VP ATTABOYS

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 221 QA professional Jenny Bramble says... When you
walk into a job, there’s a grocery list of stuff that people want you to finish. Look beyond the list. See what's driving the list.

3. Argue (correctly) 4. Promote yourself

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 229 That's some solid talking, Adrian.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 230 Bring it home.

@bitcapulet @bitcapulet 233 Template by SlidesCarnival THANK YOU! Adrian P.
Dunston @bitcapulet [email protected] Art by Gabriel Dunston

3. Argue (correctly) 4. Promote yourself for the humans!

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