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The Social Tester
8 years worth of thoughts on Software Testing and hiring Testers
This book is 100% completeLast updated on 2017-03-20
This book is a collection of over 100 articles from the last 8 years of The Social Tester blog.
I have picked the highest rated and the most visited articles as well as a few previously unpublished articles.
It represents 8 years worth of thinking about Software Testing and hiring good testers. If you're in to Software Testing then this book is for you.
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About the Book
This book is a collection of my top rated blog posts from The Social Tester, my favourite articles and a few previously unpublished articles. It represents my ideas and thinking about software testing from the last 8 or so years. It shows how I moved from thinking about testing to thinking about how testing fits with the wider organisation - this parallels my journey from Tester to Engineering Manager. You may resonate with this journey.
This book includes ideas and thoughts on testing, agile, recruitment, management, metrics and of course, certifications!
I started blogging in 2007/2008 or sometime around then. My goal was to keep a record of my work. It soon turned in to a place to help others and I've tried to remain true to that over the years. I've now closed the The Social Tester blog although the content will remain online. My work has taken me in a different direction. This book represents the metaphorical closing of the door on the blog.
I published well over 500 articles on my blog. This book contains over 100. It's a big book. It's 8/9 years worth of thinking about software testing. I do hope you enjoy the book.
Please do join me at my new ventures : Cultivated Management and Parent Brain.
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About the Author
Rob Lambert
Rob Lambert runs Cultivated, a publishing-led practice for people who know work could be better — and are willing to do something about it. Talks, writing, teaching and consulting on how ideas become value inside organisations.
Rob is trained in Media Science, the empirical study of how messages move, distort, and fragment as they travel. He spent his early working years chasing stories for films, newspapers and publishing. He then spent twenty + years helping companies turn their great ideas into valuable outcomes, and cultivate enriching places to work too, including growing a startup from to a £400m + exit.
He has held VP Engineering and VP HR roles — a rare pairing that shapes how he thinks about both delivery and people. At his heart though, Rob is a creative and storyteller.
He writes at cultivatedmanagement.com, makes films at Creative Soul Projects, and co-hosts the Stationery Freaks podcast. Based in Winchester, works internationally.
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