Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach

I ghostwrite Educational Email Courses for Software Testing SaaS Founders | 20+ years testing & coaching in tech | Will Smith's Virtual Stunt Double

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

Testing career growth.

Beginner: Find the bugs yourself.

Intermediate: Use tools to find the bugs.

Advanced: Build tools to find the bugs.

Master: Influence the system to prevent the bugs.

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@Codie_Sanchez smb

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@QANewsletter @TestPappy @KeithKlain @reallymello @ckenst @JitGo @GreenReportBlog @Kailashpathak7 @GorodkovVi85373 @vitpotapov @aiwithanton @dnlkntt @ArtemBondar @alexusadays @browserstack That is nuts 🤯

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Hey! 🙂

The 310th issue is out!
https://t.co/YdqCajAYd1

Congrats @testpappy, @keithklain, @testerfromleic, @reallymello, @ckenst, @JitGo, @GreenReportBlog, @kailashpathak7, @GorodkovVi85373, @vitpotapov, @aiwithanton, @dnlkntt, @artembondar, @alexusadays!

#SoftwareTesting #QA

[isra🌻 @thenightjournxy]

even our upcoming fixture list is laughing at us

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@aremuadeolajr This guy ❤️

[Joe Colantonio @joecolantonio]

Day 3 of #AutomationGuild2026 = DONE ✅ Thank you to everyone who joined and kept the discussions thoughtful and real 🙌 Big thanks to our speakers: @fwmoyer @debs_obrien @TesterFromLeic @GregPaskal @saikrisv @srinivasansk @USI_LeeBarnes @KarimeSZ 👏
10 years in—and still learning together. Don’t miss day 4! 🚀🔥👉 https://t.co/wSpujkSkoJ #AG2026 @testmuai @ForteGrp @mablhq @KobitonMobile

[Rueben Hewitt @FitFastCoach]

https://t.co/sxrcmHiPd9

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@ryanleecox It's grim 😩

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@StevenD1977 @eddaball79 The overarching thing is this:

We've been terrible (by our own standards) but we're still top of the league at the moment.

As problems go, I'll take 'em!

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@StevenD1977 @eddaball79 Exactly.

The troubling thing about is, the system doesn't look right with him in it at the moment.

It's starting to worry me a tiny tiny bit, because that's more of a Slot issue, and less of a Wirtz issue.

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

I said at the start of the season, if anything stops us it'll be:

- Grief
- Injury
- Bedding in the new players

The grief was inevitable and will be ongoing.

Injury felt the same. Particularly in defence, but I think Alexis carrying something seems to have caught us out a bit. He needs proper time out to recover I reckon.

The bit I'm most worried about is how the players are gelling on the pitch. Aside from a few (Ekitike, Szoboszlai, Allison, and VVD?), most of the players have looked miles off it.

I have to admit, I didn't see that happening to so many of them, all at the same time 😳.

So that leaves the system/tactics. It looks like Wirtz needs some time on the bench to me. And RB is bothering me too.

Remember when Klopp would sign a player and you wouldn't see him for ages? It used to do my head in, but now? Yeah! I get it.

I reckon Wirtz needs some of that. Maybe Kerkez too.

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@Biggies_MaIIs A diabolical post.

Approved.

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@MartinLFC_ @stehoare 😮‍💨

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@thenightj0urney Same!

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

FFS lads 😮‍💨

#LFC

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

Salah.

New season.

Fixture 1.

#LFC

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@TalkingTHFC Filth.

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@IAM__NONSO I know some folks like to own the games they play.

When these cloud services go away, get turned off, etc, goodbye library of games :(

If you own a physical copy, as long as your machine keeps firing up, you're golden.

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

@kinginmotion Ha!

That's very kind 🙏🏾

[Vernon Richards | Ghostwriter & Coach @TesterFromLeic]

Yep.

Been there.

Expected to be lauded like the Testing Hero I am.

You discovered the pesky bug and captured it before, that's right, 𝘽𝙀𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙀 our beloved customers got anywhere near it!

You're a legend right?

WRONG!

Weeeeelllll perhaps it's not as simple as that.

Here's why: Folks aren't mad at you. They're mad at the bug.

Because it comes wrapped in consequences.

We're talking any or all of these:

∙Delays
∙Rework
∙Hard conversations
∙Blame (sometimes)

...and maybe more besides 😩

But this is the real value of testing:
Revealing what’s uncomfortable, before it becomes catastrophic, God willing.

So no, you’re not the villain (although it might feel like it).
You’re the one who turned a silent failure into a visible one.

And visibility is the first step to fixing it.