I was 12 years old when Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in Poland. Too old to get Hogwarts invitation, but young enough to have to wait a long time for another book from series to appear in the library. Now, almost 18 years later, I am still as excited about everything connected …
How to talk about testing?
I was thinking for a long time to write about this issue. This article by testerzy.pl (sorry, only in Polish) inspired me to finish it and publish. The thing is that I find it really hard to talk about my job with non-IT people like family or friends. If I would introduce my job like …
Improve your conference experience
Two years ago I was very excited about going to Test:Fest conference. But at the time I've entered the conference, I looked around and recognized no one. A crowd of unknown testers talking to each other. It was scary. Almost with tears in my eyes, I grabbed a coffee and desperately searched for a place …
QA story: Barrel of fun
2 years ago I was the only tester in the team of 9 developers, 1 scrum master and 1 product owner. Our product was 5 years old social platform with massive technical debt. Many persons responsible for writing the core code were no longer working with our company. At some point, we had over 200 …
Call for papers unboxing
Everyone has a story. The problem is that either we do not realize we have it or we don't know how to put it into words and presentation. One of the things I found hard at the beginning of my journey was getting through the call for papers. So here are two things I hope …
Be friends with Copyrights
You may have noticed my new avatar - DragonQA. You may see My Litte Pony resemblance and You will be correct. This cartoon holds a special place in my heart. You will see her a lot in my blog posts and on my presentations because I no longer want to break any copyrights and she …
Challenge: Welcome 2018!
As 2018 just began I would like to share with You my plans for this year. Last year was 100% focused on public speaking. After 2017 I made a little retrospective and decided to change direction for upcoming 12 months. Blog My main focus will be this blog. I will follow Rob Lambert guidance …
2017 summary – from Zero to Keynote
My goal for 2016 was to make a presentation at a foreign conference. I was not able to finish it, so my goal moved to 2017. I thought it could take me many years to get there. However, in February I was invited to speak at Romanian Testing Conference. Later I was invited for Quality …
Why bother with Twitter?
In many countries, including my own, Twitter isn't that popular among testers. Therefore I asked and answered myself for the question: Why even bother with Twitter? Why? 1. News from all around the world Want to know about the call for papers or participant registration start for the conference? Or maybe You are interested in …
TestWarez 2017
Two days of sharing testing knowledge are now over. It was my second adventure with this conference. This time I was invited as a speaker to run a discussion panel upon the topic "Tester in charge - Judge, Jury & Executioner". I arrived one-day earlier just to have a good night sleep at the hotel. …
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