[ubuntu-tn] Fwd: Interview with Mozilla QA Director Matt Evans

Ven 17 Déc 10:40:10 UTC 2010

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From: Matt Johnston <testers at utest.com>
Date: 2010/12/16
Subject: Interview with Mozilla QA Director Matt Evans
To: mawale.me at gmail.com

  [image: uTest]           Testing the Limits With Matt Evans We were lucky
enough to have Matt Evans, QA Director at Mozilla, as our latest guest for
Testing the Limits. With over 20 years of experience Matt is uniquely
qualified to address the most pressing issues in testing today - making this
two-part interview a must-read for testers, developers, managers and
executives alike. Don't take our word for it though. Here's a quick preview:

Is manual testing a must? - From Part
I<http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?ErX3-DP7F-L1r5J0>
"The ultimate users of the program are not robots or automated test
frameworks. They are live human beings with lots of different skill sets,
backgrounds, geographic location, and expectations. You need to experience
the product with your own fingers and eyes on the keyboard and screen. Most
automated tests are pretty superficial and have rather myopic validation
methods for determining a pass or fail. Because of that, good manual
validation--especially with a fully configured and integrated product - is a
must in my book."

Do testers secretly want to be developers? - From Part
II<http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?ErX3-DP7G-L1r5J1>
"It's always been hard to find good software testers. Good or bad economy, a
seasoned and talented software tester is rarely unemployed. Typically, many
good testers wind up in development because it often appears to be the
growth path for a software technology career. Software testing as a career
path is still viewed as something lesser than development."

Read the two-part interview from the beginning
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Visit the "Opportunities thread"
<http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?ErX3-DP7L-L1r5J6> in the uTest Forums for
more paid projects.      Quality Quotes "*Don't wait until everything is
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each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more
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"*If you only do what you know you can do - you never do very much*." - Tom
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Feeling inspired yet? No? Then go to
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Read the entire post to find out which apps you'll need this holiday
season.<http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?ErX3-DP7N-L1r5J8>      Bug
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   - *Top Testers*: Anna Danchenko, Nicola Sedgwick
   - *Best Bugs (Web)*: Aline Gazeau, Anna Danchenko, Gagan Talwar
   - *Best Bugs (Mobile)*: Thiago da Silva, Ryan Arnaudin, Zarina Mohammad
   - *Best Usability Feedback*: Amit Kulkarni, Nicola Sedgwick, Anna
   Danchenko

The complete list of winners can be found
here<http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?ErX3-DP7P-L1r5J0>.
Congratulations to all!

If you have any suggestions for our next quarterly testing competition, send
them our way at marketing at utest.com.      The 12 Bugs of Christmas *For the
twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me:

Tell them it's a feature
Say it's not supported
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
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Found on ComputerJokes.net.
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