Do we need Batman if we have Testers?
- Astrid Winkler Photo by Daniel Cheung on Unsplash
They say interesting things happen to you when you expect the least. I had such an interesting experience lately. If you are active on Twitter, some of you might have noticed my reports on Test Leadership Congress 2020. For those who don’t know, I am not a tester. When I was asked if I would like to write about my experience for the conference, I was unsure but excited. And with my official entry in this congress scene, I was testing the waters and trying to get the feel of the interesting world of software testing and tech-leadership which I was experiencing through this congress for the first time. If someone would have told me, “Hey, you are going to attend a conference in NYC this summer .� I would have said yea, sure. We are in a global pandemic, what exactly you did not miss? I was 100% sure, this water was too cold for me. But here I am after four weeks, writing an article about my understanding of the testing world. And I have built this understanding by attending a conference that should have been happening in New York but ultimately I attended from my cozy home office in Switzerland. I attended it on my computer, listening to and learning from great people from across different time zones. Thanks to the technology that made it happen. But, a HUGE thanks to the testers who made sure that this technology worked reliably. The more I reflect on my entire experience with technology, the more I realize that it is humans behind the technology who make sure that it works, against all odds. And hence I wonder, do we need Batman if we have testers? Attending this conference made me realize being a tester is not an easy job and for sure it takes one to be the master of the many trades. And here are some of the lessons I learned around what it takes to be a great tester (from the sessions that I could attend):
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