Sponge Bob Test Pants

Learning how to solve problems for people with people and software.
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[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

I'm not a huge fan of triangles or pyramids but there is an interesting relationship between test levels, understanding the impact of a problem and understanding the cause of the problem. #testing

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

@editingemily Enjoy... Hope you headed West🙂

[Artem Grygorenko 🇺🇦 @GrygorenkoArtem]

Check out our new episode of the Testing Minutes podcast, where we, with @al8xr and @RobMeaney, talked about Testability.

This one is awesome.
And thanks, Rob, for joining us!

https://t.co/K6IJM2imeT

#qa #podcast #testability

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

@joe_jag Well it's Cork like🤣

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

By understanding this simple model, tech professionals can strategically advance their careers and understand where they need to invest their efforts at each stage.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

3. Influence: At the senior level, influence becomes key. 👥 Use your experience to mentor others and shape the team's direction. Think of yourself as the team's GPS, guiding them when they’re lost and rerouting when necessary.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

4. Inspiration: In leadership positions, your role is to inspire. ✨ Motivate your team to strive for excellence and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Basically, be the Yoda of your tech team—wise, motivating, and occasionally speaking in riddles.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

2. Impact: As you move to mid-level, the focus shifts to impact. 💪 Apply your skills to deliver tangible results and drive value for your team. It's your time to shine like the postal worker who always delivers!

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

1. Interest: At the junior level, it’s all about showing interest. 🌱 Demonstrate your curiosity and enthusiasm by constantly learning and seeking feedback. Think of yourself as a sponge—no, not the one in your kitchen sink—the one soaking up knowledge!

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

I coach people at various stages of their careers. A simple model that I find myself sharing is

The 4 I's of Tech Career Progression.

I created it to help people navigate the next stage in their tech careers. Each stage builds upon the previous one:

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

@fergalrte My Mom speaks very fondly of your Eileen @fergalrte, thoughts are with you from the Meaneys out in Douglas.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

@heather_reiduff @AgileTD Mostly conscious 🤣

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

@t15k Mobile or embedded? We do OTAs for mobile.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

If there was only one question I could ask when coaching teams in terms of software delivery it would be:

"How could we make this change smaller and safer?"

IME as teams get better at making their changes smaller and safer their performance skyrockets.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

@sKriemhild I'm a big fan of continuous Integration/trunk based development meaning that we merge to trunk at least once but ideally many times a day 🙂.

[Woody Zuill @WoodyZuill]

#AgileMaxim 1: It is in the doing of the work that we discover the work that we must do. Doing exposes reality.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

Our customers want a product that makes them successful not busy teams.

Stop fixating on being busy, start fixating on making customers successful.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

Firstly we need we need to see results, then we can optimise for experience.

Why not both?

Because trying to do both means there are too many assumptions baked in and it slows the feedback loop.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

My approach to software product delivery revolves around discovering the least amount of work we need to do to:
1. Validate & understand the problem.
2. Solve the problem.
3. Delight the customer.

Often we have to iterate through step 1 many times before we get to step 2.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

In software product development we should optimise or eliminate what we have unless there's hugely compelling evidence as to why we should add something new.

80-90% of all ideas are SHIT.. treat every new feature suggestion with enormous scepticism.

[Sponge Bob Test Pants @RobMeaney]

@leonardoro_ Smaller changes mean smaller cognitive load, smaller PRs, less testing etc. a catalytic probe in complexity theory talk :)