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Explore the principles and practices of quality engineering
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Wed, 1 Oct
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Thanks, Ministry of Testing for publishing and sharing such an amazing read for testers. 

We 💜 it!
I got these physical copies of The Testing Planet from #TestBash Brighton last year. I happened to be at my physical office location t...
A photo of the audience at our first ever TestBash in Cambridge.
A photo of the crowd from our first ever TestBash in Cambridge 2012. We had about 70 people attend. Do you recognise anyone?
A group of six people smiling at the camera. They are outside socialising in an event space. There is an outdoor swimming pool in the background. A bug, duck and seagull character are attempting to hide in the photo.
Can you find Bug, their buddy, Cosmo (a duck) and Space Seagull?
A group photo from the Ministry of Testing (MoT) Berlin meetup held at the SIBB Startup Incubator. Seven individuals are standing in front of banners with SIBB branding. One person holds a purple bag with the Ministry of Testing logo. Everyone is smiling in a casual and friendly atmosphere.
Another successful Open Space meetup in the books! Our cozy group proved once again that quality conversations don't need huge crowds - t...
Distracted Boyfriend" meme format and its software development-themed labels:
A popular meme known as 'Distracted Boyfriend' showing three people on a street: a man in a blue shirt looking back at a woman in a red dress while walking with another woman in light blue. The image has text labels: The woman in red is labeled 'UNIT TEST', the distracted boyfriend is labeled 'DEVELOPERS: THAT'S MY JOB', and his girlfriend is labeled 'QAs: ACTUALLY, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER!'. The meme depicts developers being distracted by unit testing while QA tries to remind them it's a shared responsibility.

Have you ever felt like unit testing is mainly a developer task? Well, a recent study shows that we—the testing professionals—have a much bigger role to play in those early testing stages!

Christine Pinto
Christine Pinto
Pokemon Team Rocket meme, reads:
When you love making memes, and collecting badges
prepare for trouble, and make it double

That moment when, you want to make a MEME about collecting all the badges, because you get a badge for posting a MEME...

Ben Dowen
Ben Dowen
An image from the movie Elf where he has been sent to test the toys. He is sitting in front of the toys nervous about when the Jack in the Box will pop up.

Love this scene from Elf!

Judy Mosley
Judy Mosley
A meme titled "Tester’s Life" hilariously contrasts two views:

Reality: A chaotic barcode of black (testing) and gray (everything else testers actually do—like meetings, bug triage, and wondering why things are on fire).

What People Think: Mostly black, because apparently, all we do is “run tests” and sprinkle in some gray for coffee breaks.

Legend: Black = "Executing Tests," Gray = "Other Stuff" (aka the real MVP of a tester’s day).

Testers do everything, but somehow, all anyone notices is the part where we hit "run" on a test case. Classic paradox.

Reality: A chaotic blend of tasks—meetings that could've been emails, deciphering cryptic bug reports, convincing developers that “it's not a feature, it's a bug,” and occasionally running tests when the universe aligns.

What People Think: "Oh, you're a tester? So, you just, like, click buttons all day, right?" Sure, Rahul, that's exactly it. Clicking buttons and living the dream. Meanwhile, the real "other stuff" includes saving the project from exploding and translating developer-speak into plain English.

Rahul Parwal
Rahul Parwal
 
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