Five Blogs – 15 November 2021

The (best) five blogs we can read today. Check them out.

Improve your Functional Monitoring with the Functional Monitoring Quadrants
Written by: Bert Rijsdijk

Testing Doesn’t Improve the Product
Written by: Michael Bolton

The Ways Bugs Cost Us
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Why You Need at Least Three Sets of Eyes on Your Code
Written by: Cameron Laird

If They Didn’t Hear it Then You Didn’t Say It
Written by: Steve Keating

Quote of the day:
“To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.” -Sugar Ray Robinson

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Five Blogs – 24 March 2021

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Encourage Lateral and Vertical Movement in an Agile a Career Ladder, Part 3
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Continuous testing: What every DevOps team needs to know
Written by: Justin Rohrman

10 Common Git Commands Everyone Should Know
Written by: Andreea Draniceanu

Guide to Conducting Test Automation Code Reviews
Written by: Angie Jones

Top Skills for Software Quality Engineering in 2021
Written by: Bridget Hughes

Quote of the day:
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book” -Austin Phelps

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Five Blogs – 18 December 2020

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How To Establish Your Brand as a Thought Leader
Written by: Susan Gilbert

Algorithms Behaving Badly: 2020 Edition
Written by: The Markup Staff

Thank you, 2020. It was terrible and wonderful.
Written by: Chris Guillebeau

Changes: what have you learned?
Written by: Marcella Bremer

Pandemic Challenge 205 of 7,923: Recognizing Project Milestones
Written by: Payson Hall

Quote of the day:
“Silence is sometimes the best answer” -Dalai Lama

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Five Blogs – 8 August 2018

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

There Are 3 Ways To Innovate, But Only One Can Win The Future
Written by: Greg Satell

How to Do Code Reviews Like a Human (Part One)
Written by: Michael Lynch

API Testing is Exploratory Testing
Written by: Dave Westerveld

Software Estimation Paradox
Written by: Chris Lucian

Mob Programming: Working Well Together
Written by: Woody Zuill

Quote of the day:
“Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.” -Leo Buscaglia

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Five Blogs – 27 June 2018

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Good and Bad UI Test Automation explained – Inspired by Richard Bradshaw’s Tweets
Written by: Chris Kenst

Limits of a Self-Organizing Team
Written by: Dave Nicolette

Not looking for recipes of winning in a game but stopping the game
Written by: Maaret Pyhäjärvi

The 10 commandments of navigating code reviews
Written by: Angie Jones

Hindsight lessons about automation: The triple A principle
Written by: Viktor Slavchev

Quote of the day:
“Do something for yourself already. Start being a little selfish and give a shit about your life.” -Alden Tan

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Five Blogs – 13 November 2015

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Mental Skills Every Business Leader Can Learn From Athletes
Written by: LaRae Quy

Why Leaders Need To Stop Using Performance Reviews
Written by: Ken Goldstein

6 Reasons Why Being Busy Is The Most Unproductive Thing You Can Be
Written by: Chris Matyszczyk

7 Benefits of Minimalism
Written by: Jeff McClung

Your tests aren’t flaky
Written by: Alister Scott

Quote of the day:
“Successful people make the most of the best and the best of the worst” -Steve Keating

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Five Blogs – 29 May 2015

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5 Types of Productivity Debt
Written by: Colter Reed

8 Reasons Why Being Selfish is a Dead End Strategy
Written by: Frank Sonnenberg

Conquering Digital Distraction
Written by: Larry Rosen and Alexandra Samuel

The Case for #NoEstimates
Written by: Johanna Rothman

Modern Code Review Practices Are More Than Finding Software Bugs
Written by: Mary Katherine Sullivan

Quote of the day:
“I want to succeed is better than I’m afraid I’m going to fail” -Dan Rockwell

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Five Blogs – 19 March 2015

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Complexity In Context – Co-Evolution
Written by: Duncan Nisbet

Lessons from Geese: A Better Way to Lead
Written by: Lolly Daskal

5 Reasons Why Annual Performance Reviews Don’t Work
Written by: Tyler Beekley

Stay Put – Add Value
Written by: Chantal Bechervaise

When Trust is Taken for Granted
Written by: Shawn Murphy

Quote of the day:
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react” -George Bernard Shaw

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Five Blogs – 4 September 2013

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My Hardest Advice for Young Leaders
Written by: Ron Edmondson

57 Cognitive Biases That Screw Up How We Think
Written by: Gus Lubin

Considering Contracting
Written by: Matt Heusser

Get Rid of the Performance Review!
Written by: Samuel A. Culbert

Know your value…
Written by: Martina McGowan

EXTRA:

Make it a Habit
Written by: Becky Robinson

Six Ways To Motivate To Students To Learn
Written by: Annie Murphy Paul

Quote of the day:
“Testing isn’t about testing persay, testing is about discovery, it’s about gaining knowledge, it’s about proving a guess is right or wrong.” -Stephen Blower

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Five Blogs – 17 May 2013

The (best) five blogs I read today. Check them out.

Estimates in Software Development. New Frontiers.
Written by: Michael Dubakov

What Software Has in Common with Schrödinger’s Cat
Written by: Elisabeth Hendrickson

The Shape of the Internet is Changing
Written by: Carlos Bueno

Problem Statement Smells
Written by: Dale H. Emery

Tear Down the Wall
Written by: Alan Page

EXTRA:

When You Manage, Manage With Your Employees
Written by: Jana Kasperkevic

Quote of the day:
“Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.” -Wayne Dyer

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