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How to Break Performance Testing Silos
Performance testing has been siloed away from development due to the need for specialized skills and tools. New low-code approaches help teams take ownership over performance – and non-functional app quality.
Last week's This Week in Testing discussion centred around worth.
How can we as testing professionals continue to demonstrate our value? And how can we be rewarded accordingly? This theme comes up a lot in the testing community – a sense of feeling less valued when we compare ourselves to our developer colleagues who might be paid more. It was a good discussion, and while not recorded, I'll aim to write up my notes so keep your eyes and ears out for that. In the meantime, have a read of what Callum Akehurst-Ryan has been sharing about why we have to sell testing into an organisation.
There are many ways to support your career right now. For example, you could join 30 Days of Career Growth. Thank you to everyone who is already deep in the woods of the challenge – you'll inspire more folks to get involved. 🎉
You could also get yourself to a modern-day physical conference, like TestBash UK 2023. Richard Bradshaw, the CEO BossBoss of Ministry of Testing, shares an important message about the changing landscape of physical conferences.
Erin Donnelly answered countless questions about how to get hired. She debunked a lot of myths too. Apparently, there is no keyword robot sifting through our CVs! Here are my notes. The recording will be available soon via the AMA recordings page. 👀👂
One final thing. If you've not been on our forum for a while, please visit The Club. It now has chat enabled and a dedicated space to ask questions. We're in the process of overhauling The Club to simplify and improve the experience for all community members. Read more.
🙋🙋♀️🙋♂️ Join the conversation
- What tips do you have for attending a testing conference?
- New to the community or revisiting? Could you say hi and add yourself to the new quarterly introductions thread? 👋
- A new tool to explore. Have you used Yattie? What were your experiences with it?
- Share how you've worked on your personal brand and how it's helped your career
- How do you market yourself as a tester?
- Will demand for QA grow with AI?
- What advice do you have for someone who is executing the first collection of tests?
- How do you test that web analytics are working correctly on your sites?
- Celebrate with those who have started a new job! 🎉
Have a good week.
— Simon, CommunityBoss
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📖 Helpful business posts
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- Mabl Recognized As 2023 Best AI-Based Solution for Engineering — Darrel Farris
- Accelerate Test Velocity: Key Strategies for Faster Time-to-Market — Antoine Craske
- Test tours in exploratory testing strategy for QA teams — Petruta Paraschiv
🗓️ Events
- Tue 27 Jun Executing Tests Task Analysis
- Tue 27 Jun Learning To Lead Before Becoming a Leader
- Tue 04 Jul Reporting Testing Task Analysis
- Wed 05 Jul How To Create Impact As A Tester And Deliver Changes Your Team Will Care About
- Tue 11 Jul Managing and Resolving Bugs Task Analysis
- Tue 18 Jul Maintaining Tests Task Analysis
- Wed 19 Jul Continuous Testing Approach For Cross-Functional Requirements
- Thu 20 Jul Testing Ask Me Anything on Business Risk
- Tue 25 Jul Communicating an Understanding of a Product Task Analysis
- Tue 25 Jul Grow Your Technical Confidence
- Thu 31 Aug The Psychology of Web Performance
- Tue 19 Sep Pre-TestBash UK 2023 Meetup
- Wed 20 Sep - Thu 21 Sep TestBash UK 2023
- Wed 20 Sep Testing & Quality Recruitment Fair at TestBash UK 2023
- Thu 02 Nov ReTestBash UK 2023
- Wed 22 Nov - Thu 23 Nov TestBash Autumn 2023
✏️ Calls for Contributions
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- Share How Your Organisation Automate Your Product
- Do a 99-Second Intro at TestBash Autumn
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- Review Abstracts for TestBash Autumn 2023
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