I've Got A Feeling: Thoughts About Myself and The State Of Testing - Ash Coleman

9th November 2017
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Ash Coleman

Engineering Manager in Quality

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Talk Description

Testers, QAs, QEs, SEITs, Engineers in Test, Quality Control, etc… The lists of names that are identified in the testing community are endless. There is much debate about how we call ourselves, how we find ourselves applying our work and how we identify with one another. There are countless questions around qualifications, certificates, degrees and expertise. Heuristics or defaulted inquiry? Testing or Checking? Best Practices? Who said what? Who owns what? What is what?! It’s all so confusing.

Meanwhile, I’m over here wondering if any of this is even relevant to me in order to continue doing the job that I love well.

As technology grows, so do we. In the world of testing, there is an ever growing need to recognise the direction the role is taking. With all the talk that is going on, how relevant are these conversations to our everyday professional life? What are these conversations trying to solve? Where do we find ourselves when we are not included in them?

I have a feeling that there is a lot more substance to these conversations than what is being published publicly. For the next 45 minutes, I would like to account for the feelings I have personally had while being involved and in some cases just an observer, in the debates over the community. And with these accounts, explain their potential impact on the community.

Takeaways

  • What am I doing here? I feel like an imposter.
  • Is this thing on? I feel too junior.
  • What’s the debate? I feel like I don’t have a say.
  • Am I doing this right? I feel like I don’t know anything.

 

What you’ll learn

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

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Ash Coleman

Engineering Manager in Quality

Ash, a former chef, put recipes aside when she began her career in software development, falling back on her skills in engineering she acquired as a kid building computers with her brother. A progressive type, Ash has focused her efforts within technology on bringing awareness to the inclusion of women and people of colour, especially in the Context-Driven Testing and Agile communities. An avid fan of matching business needs with technological solutions, you can find her doing her best work on whichever coast is the sunniest. Having helped teams build out testing practices, formulate Agile processes and redefine culture, she now works as an Engineering Manager in Quality for Credit Karma and continues consulting based out of San Francisco.
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