Testers' Island Discs Ep21 - Matthew Bretten

Description:

Our latest castaway is Matthew Bretten, joining us to discuss his upcoming adventure in presenting a talk titled "You Can Become A Toolsmith Too" at the inaugural Test.bash(); Manchester.

Continuing the discussion from the previous episode about toolsmiths, Matt shares examples of how testers can break into creating valuable tooling, finding developer allies, and there's some meta-discussion about preparing and running technical workshops.

Matt's song selections are linked to different pivotal moments of his life, touching upon his favourite live artists, the films that he watched growing up, video games, and the Manchester musician with a connection to Matt's grandmother.

If you'd like to catch up with Matt, you can find him on Twitter @matthewbretten.

Matthew's Links:

• Let's Talk About Tests, Baby
• Screen Testing - Hackers
• Test.bash(); Manchester 2018
• Football Manager
• YouTube: Frank Klepacki - Hell March
• Let's Talk About Tests: Episode 94 (TestBash Manchester 2017 retrospective)
• Twitter: Marton Hipszki
• Twitter: Liz Keogh
• Twitter: Swarnim Kumari
• Ministry of Testing: Tester Types e-book
• IFTTT (If This Then That)
• Ministry of Testing: How To Use Python To Automate Almost Anything
• Twitter: Kristoffer Nordström
• Wikipedia: Music of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Regular Links:

• Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud
• Sign up to be a guest on the show
• Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify
• Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads
• Follow us on Twitter