June 2018 RoundUp of All Things MoT

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June has been another great month, the regular online events, lots of exciting announcements and plenty of new content shared!

The Club

A few selected discussions from The Club that we thought you might find interesting.

What software testing models do you use to help with your testing? posted by rosie. Do you use the HTSM, a pyramid, a periodic table or make up your own?
CV’s: How Do You Write Yours? posted by heather_reid. It started as a dream to crowdsource a sample CV, but it's looking like there's a lot of differences depending on the country you are based in.
Sprint 4: What’s the non-technical skill that every tester should have, but most don’t seem to? posted by heather_reid. Be it common sense, self-confidence, leadership or presentation skills, there's a very long list of suggestions and blogs for this one!
Newbie and interview conundrum posted by roosh. What do you do when you want that job but the interviewer wants you to break agreements you've signed with your current employer?
Sprint 3: What non-testing focussed book do you wish you’d been given on your first day testing posted by dominickua. Suggestions for guides to recognising good and bad management and how to work effectively with others and get what we all want to get done.

The Club Ninja

Each month we select one of our Club users to be our Ninja of the Month. We're delighted to announce that Magda Oszer is our Club Ninja for June!

The Dojo

Snapshot of all the content produced for The Dojo throughout June. You'll find articles, podcasts and videos. We have a mix of free and pro membership content - as you might expect, as a pro member you have access to all content created.

A couple of new articles from the Testing Planet 2018:

What Does It Mean To Be A Technical Tester? By Claire Reckless. Many testers are concerned about not being technical enough, and that they can only be valuable and have career longevity if they are technical. What does this even mean though?

How to Become a Software Tester Without A Computer Science Degree by Cassandra H. Leung. There is more than one way to becoming a software tester, Cassandra shares her journey.

WCAG 2.1: The Area Of Effect For Mobile Accessibility by Helen Burge. Accessibility guidelines are not a recent trend, but with events in the Digital World, they are taking more prominent roles within companies.

Experience Report: Introducing Change To An Organisation As A Test Consultant by Beren Van Daele. Our story starts with a woman in search of answers. Answers that will help her succeed in the next phase of her professional career: Becoming a successful Test Consultant.

30 Days of Automation in Testing. Our famous 30 Days of Testing Challenge is back! These challenges are a great way to learn on your own, as a team effort or join in online with the wonderful Ministry of Testing community. Download your 30 challenges now.

Another outstanding comic from The Artful Tester, Connie Armitage: Episode Two – Trip To TestBash Brighton. If you were at TestBash Brighton in March, you may have noticed a blue-haired person scribbling in sketchbooks and staring more intently than necessary at the wonderful speakers. The reason, of course, was that I was preparing for this comic!

Another MoT podcast from the Super Testing Bros - Exploring Modern Testing with Paul Maxwell-Walters and Victoria Lea. The Super Testing Bros talk to Paul and Toria about Alan Page and Brent Jensen’s Modern Testing Principles in the June edition of our monthly MoT podcast 2018.

An online 99 second talk from Sunjeet Khokhar - Dealing with a Personal Attack at Work. A very personal 99-second talk about how Sunjeet calmly dealt with a personal attack at work, and how you could do the same.

An unmissable Testing, Ask Me Anything with Ash Coleman on Diversity in Testing

A brilliant Masterclass with Piotr Wicherski - Understanding Mobile Device Fragmentation. Piotr discusses 15 causes of fragmentation in the mobile devices world.

A few new Testers’ Island Discs with Neil Studd:

Ep16 - Danny Dainton. You've heard him name-checked for the past few episodes, so now it's time to hear from the man himself, Danny Dainton! Danny talks to us about his unique journey to the island, including a ten-year spell in the military and a difficult first experience with testing.

Ep17 - Claire Reckless. It's a warm Northern welcome to the island for Claire Reckless, who comes ashore to talk about the Manchester tech scene, her recent ventures into conference speaking and hosting the Software Testing Clinic, and how these play into her ongoing battles with impostor syndrome.

2 heartwarming MoT Scholarship stories from TestBash Netherlands

The Story Of My TestBash Adventure by Marta Woźniak-Semeniuk. Not so long ago (February 2018) and not so far away (Wrocław, Poland), there was a junior tester who really wanted to attend TestBash Netherlands.

My Trip To TestBash Netherlands With Ministry Of Testing by Nebojsa Petkovic. I first found out about TestBash Netherlands and the Ministry of Testing Scholarship through Angie Jones’s post on LinkedIn but I was reluctant to apply and sceptical about getting it.

All the talks from TestBash Netherlands 2018!

99 Second Talks

Kill the Mutants! - Nico Jansen & Simon de Lang

Agile Test Management within Continuous Integration - Angie Jones

How Do I Automate Negative Tests - Tuhin Subhra Mitra

Complex Problem Solving - Martijn Maas

Lessons From Famous Detectives for Testers - Geoffrey van der Tas

Mind Your Language: Unintentional Bias, Social Identity and Teamwork - David Evans

Encouraging Engagement: Changing Our Work Culture - Marianne Duijst

Go Old School: Why Test Techniques Aren't Dead! - Sue Atkins

Holding Space: Making Things Better by Doing Less - Maaret Pyhäjärvi