Raluca D.

People and software explorer. Tester, coder, automator. Thinker, questioner, challenger. Forever curious. Advocate of kindness.

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Do things right.
Do the right things.

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Don’t be the reason someone develops trust issues. It’s bigger than you and them, it will negatively impact more people than you can imagine.
Just be truthful and kind.

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@myTestingLand you’re not wrong

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@anuatluru yes, the trauma of bad bosses

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I am amazed by how many people are incapable of answering a “yes” or “no” question with “yes” or “no”.

[Moe Ali @ProductFaculty]

You can't build quality if you're busy managing crisis.

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@ministryoftest That’s a trick question. A bug is not a bug just because it was submitted as one.

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@RichHintonTests @ministryoftest nothing beats cuddling with this guy after a stressful day 😀

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

“That’s just the way I am” is a missed opportunity for growth.

Personality is not your destiny. It’s your tendency. No one is limited to a single way of thinking, feeling, or acting.

Who you become is not about the traits you have. It's what you decide to do with them.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The Feynman Technique

To learn anything:

Step 1: Identify a topic
Step 2: Try to explain it to a 5-year-old
Step 3: Study to fill in knowledge gaps
Step 4: Organize, convey, and review

True genius is the ability to simplify, not complicate.

Simple is beautiful.

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I already knew that a small success often gives you the necessary dopamine kick to get you moving forward, but, somehow, I never made the connection. 🤯

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

A big misconception is that you need to be motivated to get rolling.

You don't.

Research: Motivation often FOLLOWS action, not the other way around.

In Practice: You don't need to feel good to get going; you need to get going to give yourself a chance at feeling good:

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Why Beauty Matters

(and how it has been destroyed by "usability")

A short thread...

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If everybody had always done the bare minimum, we would have been stuck in the stone age.

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Don’t underestimate (other people’s) time. It only takes a second to miss a train.

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@bin168_ @EowynOakheart @HarrietLowther @dremilyanhalt Yep (3)

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I can now confidently say that the only thing standing in the way of people getting better at what they do with time is curiosity.

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@deffo55 @barrettjoneill why does that happen?

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Don’t allow mentally ill people to ascend into positions of power. Why?! Because the mental health of everyone below them will have to suffer immensely.

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@orrbarone @chrishlad The more you think about it, the more powerful it becomes.

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@ministryoftest I think we need measurable standards. Some form of fixed, generic metrics. The industry is so vast and people’s understanding of things varies so much, that it’s impossible to speak the same language most of the times.

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@gazebo_c @m4nl5r so much this! have you found a solution yet?