Rick Tracy

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🚀 What if testers outnumber devs?

Join @TheTestKnight at TestCon Europe 2025 to explore a tester-driven lifecycle, critical QA skills & how quality boosts value.

Resistance is futile — embrace the change!

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@JPVarwijk explains how to him testing isn't about testing software, just how it is used. Testing software should be done as part of development. #Testnet 2022

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@guna_lv @christovskia Hahaha, it was right after a Haka... might have influenced a bit

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@GergelyOrosz Often enough in my experience I've found that there is politics and then there is politics. The former is learning to work together, the latter is career positioning.

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@witchofthetest I mean, would it kill them to make a universal port?

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@allenholub That said, one of the techniques innovators use is not just accepting the surface level answer to "what do you want?" Inquiring deeper can lead to new revelations and thus to better innovation.

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@AllanCudicio Individuals have the ability to be neutral. Leaders do not. They are either helping move us all forward or they are not.
Being upset with and calling out leaders who do not move us all forward is correct and leads to better outcomes for everyone.

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@TestPappy Truly one of the most underused tactics in all of consulting is asking the team to describe their system/workflow/dataflow etc. I'm always amazed at how far a team gets without a shared understanding of what they are actually doing / working on!

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@sleepyfox @TesterFromLeic Hahaha, well, I use the language currency that gets action from my target group. For me, that's quality work ;-)

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@FullSnackTester @Louise_J_Gibbs Wow! Thanks for the compliment. I hope everyone got some good out of the talk, and knows some tricks now to keep the pressure off. Remember to befriend some Dragons too! 😉

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@FullSnackTester @Louise_J_Gibbs Wow! Thanks for the compliment. I hope everyone got some good out of the talk, and knows some tricks now to keep the pressure off. Remember to befriend some Dragons too! 😉

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@FriendlyTester @blueMorpho_ST Downing street party fund?

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At the airport after an amazing #EuroSTARConf ! Rest up and take your ideas to work on Monday!

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@January6thCmte Violent sociopaths.

I applaud the unusual restraint shown by the Capitol police officers in not meeting their violence with similar force.

It's past time to hold people accountable.

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@ngiulix @TheTestDoctor @expoQA Now I have to rewatch Eurovision... ;-)

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@TheTestDoctor explains the various ways to explore security, encouraging all testers to at least dip their toes in. #ExpoQA22

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"Stack Ranking"; thank you @SimplySanne for identifying a term to the way we collaboratively decide on which risks to pick up first here at #ExpoQA22

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A lot of focus on risk strategies at #ExpoQA22 ... I wonder if there might be a debate topic on whether this focus is good or not? ;-)