A Code Challenge of Confidence - Elisabeth Hocke

2nd October 2019
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Lisi Hocke

Security Engineer

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Talk Description

“This is scaring me as hell - and that’s exactly why I need to do it!” Can you relate to that? This year, my personal challenge was to become code-confident. As a tester, I felt the need to up my game here. My hypothesis: “I believe that doing many small hands-on coding exercises and challenges, on my own as well as together with other interested people, will result in increased confidence in my programming skills. I’ll know I have succeeded when I have developed a small product from scratch.”

What I did was to finally use my GitHub account and create my very first public repository. I called for collaboration and found people willing to review my code and to pair up with me on further challenges. Rinse and repeat! The question to be answered: was jumping headfirst a viable way to improve my coding skills?

Join me on this walk through my code - along with the stories of my struggles, the solutions found, and the lessons learned.

 

Takeaways

  • Understand why honing our skills is essential for us as testers
  • Learn how scary challenges can help you grow in short time when you have people who support you
  • See how pairing speeds up your learning journey and make more things possible than you would have ever imagined

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

  • TBA
Lisi Hocke
she/her
Security Engineer
security engineer, holistic tester, quality enabler, agile experimenter, sociotechnical symmathecist, team glue. volleyball player, game lover, story escapist. she/her.
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