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Heleen Van Grootven
Testing Engineer
They/them - she/her
After a decade in communications, I switched to testing—turns out that I really like figuring out how things work and how they fit together. Always open to learning more and meeting new people!
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SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
awarded Ibekwe Victor for:
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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This Week in Quality
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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"I'm glad me and my sticky notes were of help to you! It used to bother me, but I've learned that having a clean desk and a functional work environment are mutually exclusive for me, so I've gone all in on the functional work environment (and life envir..."
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Spent some time listening to the Call for Insights with Simon Tomes and Heleen Van Grootven. She talked about "Finding joy in your role" and how embracing her ADHD made her job more enjoyable. I ga...
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
awarded Simon Tomes for:
Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Spent some time listening to the Call for Insights with Simon Tomes and Heleen Van Grootven. She talked about "Finding joy in your role" and how embracing her ADHD made her job more enjoyable. I ga...
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Finding joy in your role
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When you have done a job for a while you start taking some of the habits from work into your personal life. In Belgium we lovingly refer to this as 'beroepsmisvorming', which I believe translates t...
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The occupational hazard of being a tester
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
The occupational hazard of being a tester
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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One of the big things about ADHD is time blindness.
Heleen Van Grootven explains how time blindness impacts her approach to working. This is a snippet from her excellent Call for Insights: Finding ...
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What is time blindness?
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What is time blindness?
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What is time blindness?
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One of the big things about ADHD is time blindness.
Heleen Van Grootven explains how time blindness impacts her approach to working. This is a snippet from her excellent Call for Insights: Finding ...
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TWiQ: Testing in production - EP 107
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TWIQ or treat: Ghostly bug stories - Ep 110
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Quality narratives and the circles of consequence - Ep 121
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Quality moments and delicate developer dialogues - Ep 127
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SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130
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Quality narratives and the circles of consequence - Ep 121
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Quality moments and delicate developer dialogues - Ep 127
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Quality moments and delicate developer dialogues - Ep 127
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During episode 132 we discussed hot takes. One that came up is that testers love the moment they can say "I told you so", but then feel guilty about it.I would like to argue that that is because te...
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130
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This Week in Quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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