I'm all about finding deals, buying used, and then passing things along. However, used doesn't always mean quality, and I'm a bit of a quality snob too. (I mean, I'm a QA Engineer...it comes with the territory). So, what's the first thing I do when I go to a thrift store, or buy something from a yard sale site, etc? I check if the item functions as it should - if it's clothes for my kids, do they have holes …
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To me, recipe books without photos are a waste. I like to see what I'm making, and know what it should come out looking like. For real, why in the world does anyone make a recipe book with no photos? Acceptance criteria is like the photos in a recipe book; it gives you the picture of what something should do, look like, etc. Without it you may have an idea of what you're cooking, or what you're testing, but you …
If you were given a recipe for a cake to follow, and it just gave you a list of ingredients, no amounts or what to put in when, could you successfully make the cake? If you have experience baking you might be able to wing it and end up with something similar, but it wouldn't be the same as what the recipe described. So, with a well written recipe for a cake with amounts, instructions, and even sometimes photos (at …
If you were putting together a bookshelf, and all you had were photos with no labels or further instructions, could you put the shelf together correctly? For most of us, probably not. My Ikea bookshelves and the nightmare it was to put those together WITH instructions can attest to that. Those instructions are like a test case - they walk you through how to do something step by step. With a bookshelf it would tell you what the pieces are …
When people ask what I do, and I respond with, "I'm a QA tester", or "I'm a QA Engineer" they have no idea what that means, or they think I do call monitoring. If I try to elaborate and tell them I test software, or even give examples, they get glassy eyed, nod, mumble something about that being nice, and change the subject. So, what is a QA Engineer? What do they do? It's often said that QA Engineers are …