Ben Oconis

Dad. Husband. Lead QA & bug hunter @Storyblocksco. Advocate for the customer. Generally a curious explorer of the world around us.

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@EmmettNaughton Ugh, I feel you there. My oldest did that for a while and now normally wakes up at 5:30. Parenting is the weird place where you learn how to "function" on less sleep than you ever thought you could. Hopefully, it's just a short-term set back and not the new wake time.

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@FriendlyTester Thank you for sharing. I know it can be hard to be vulnerable, especially in such a public space, but just the willingness to do that goes a long way for many of us who also have struggles

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@BenOconis is going to talk through bridging teams across your organization and helping reduce silos at #CAST2023 https://t.co/DwRd9F0R1H

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@ChelseaCristene I love the use of the term scientifically and Satanic in the same sentence. Like, come onnnn y'all

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Meet sponsor NVP Software Solutions (https://t.co/NjjfxxcWQA) and these great speakers at #TQ2023 -Sept 18,19-Cambridge Hotel+CC!
🌟Schedule: https://t.co/1WoEM0BDsQ📷Register: https://t.co/mOPk6vWmS1 (closing soon!!)

#kwtech #kwevents #KWInnovation #automationtesting #qa

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I recently had the honor of being on the @testguilds podcast to share my experience, tips, and tricks for how to improve your processes to create quality automation awesomeness!
Give it a listen and while you're there, check out the other episodes!
https://t.co/yN4J8dkwzo

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@EmmettNaughton This is the worst especially if they are on a set nap schedule
My current story:
Long trip while potty training

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@joecolantonio is giving the most delightful talk as it's centered around animals. Like a growing cow, we should anticipate and attempt to plan ahead. You have to remember the cow will grow and become a really big cow over time. I've learned all about the farm and am loving it!

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@clymerrm is giving a talk @QAortheHighway about incident management and dropping some knowledge bombs on how to fight fires and what process we should follow. This is something I am struggling with now so I couldn't be happier that this talk was included.

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I lied - the spiciest take is "agile scrum is set up to fail because it's based on guessing rather than planning" which would fire some people up in my org!

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@AutomationPanda dropping some spicy takes in his impromptu talk. While not the spiciest in the group, the one that would for sure cause issues in my org (even though I agree) - "The shape of your pyramid doesn't matter. Allocate testing based on risk and value"

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@epsilon11 "To be extraordinary, you need to go the extra mile" - on establishing credibility.

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Getting hyped for a day of amazing speakers @QAortheHighway!

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@AutomationPanda @devopsdays As a fellow Baltimorean, I really like this swag

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@ThePirateTester I find myself not checking it as much and thus not posting as much. I suspect others have the same thing going on.

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@ThePirateTester Healthcare. I wouldn't want to test any hardware or software where if I miss something it could directly impact their health and quality of life.

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I need to share more so here's a fun one for y'all!
We hired our first non-family sitter today. Nate (3) continuously asked if she could sit on his lap and wanted to feed her. Turns out, he thought it was a "baby sister" not babysitter.

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@joecolantonio Naw, you look fresh and make that cap look good!

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@chrissbaumann I just got a new Windows 11 machine and for basic recording & editing, I used Zoom to record and Clipcham (the built in editor) to edit. It was good for simple stuff. For more detailed, I use Adobe programs.

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@fishouthebox Probably not? I got into QA unintentionally and if something came along like a product or design role that I enjoyed and paid alright, I'd jump on it.