Crossing Over: How Developing a Feature Made Me Love Testing Even More - Amber Race

13th January 2023
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Talk Description

This is the harrowing tale of how a seasoned tester had the opportunity develop a feature and came face to face with the challenge of producing quality code in an environment of shifting design priorities and over-burdened test organisations.

Will she be able to overcome developer myopia and design confusion to deliver her feature on time and avoid major production issues? Or will she succumb to feature bloat and the failure of untested scenarios?

Listen to this true story of how I got to experience feature development from the other side and came through with an even greater appreciation of how developers and testers can work together to create great software.

Takeaways

  • Tips on how to communicate with developers and product owners
  • How to ask developers the right questions to get the information you need to test
  • Spotting potential problems in a feature design
  • A greater appreciation of the tester's role in a development organisation

 

What you’ll learn

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

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Amber Race is a Senior SDET at Big Fish Games. After majoring in Asian Studies, teaching in Japan, and travelling the world, she happened into software testing and has been loving it ever since. She has nearly 20 years of testing experience at Big Fish and Microsoft, doing everything from manual application testing to tools development to writing automation frameworks for web services. Amber has worked on a wide variety of products and written automation in C#, C++, Python, and Java. She currently specialises in test automation and performance testing for high volume back-end services supporting iOS and Android games.
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  • communication
  • requirements
  • roles