I really enjoy and get lots to meditate on from reading your posts. One of my favorite pastimes is to listen to AB Testing while doing my regular walks (which causes some staring when I suddenly burst into laughter for no apparent reason- double the fun!).
I remember when as a tester I kind of started to understand what testing is and watched "Test is Dead" for the first time. It made me feel uncomfortable. And created a sense of uncertainty as to what I should be doing next.
Luckily, I didn't go full panic mode but instead read a lot. And that helped me to discover that I didn't actually now what (or why) useful and meaningful testing was. In other words, the more I learned the more I understood how little I know. And it was a good feeling. Then I went back and rewatched "Test is Dead" and I saw it in a completely different light. Which was weird, in a good way.
Now, if I where to make sense of what had happened to me, then it would be this: I was on a path, a concrete and specific path (a role). And now I was being told that it's actually a dead end. But, suddenly (I really can't explain it) I realized that what I've got is actually a map (striving for better quality) and in order to make sense if it I had to change. And change is what was scary and created that uncertainty. The kicker, though, was the nuance that it wasn't my "role" that needed to change but "I" needed to change.
Sorry for the long comment, just wanted to share my experience.
Hi Alan
I really enjoy and get lots to meditate on from reading your posts. One of my favorite pastimes is to listen to AB Testing while doing my regular walks (which causes some staring when I suddenly burst into laughter for no apparent reason- double the fun!).
I remember when as a tester I kind of started to understand what testing is and watched "Test is Dead" for the first time. It made me feel uncomfortable. And created a sense of uncertainty as to what I should be doing next.
Luckily, I didn't go full panic mode but instead read a lot. And that helped me to discover that I didn't actually now what (or why) useful and meaningful testing was. In other words, the more I learned the more I understood how little I know. And it was a good feeling. Then I went back and rewatched "Test is Dead" and I saw it in a completely different light. Which was weird, in a good way.
Now, if I where to make sense of what had happened to me, then it would be this: I was on a path, a concrete and specific path (a role). And now I was being told that it's actually a dead end. But, suddenly (I really can't explain it) I realized that what I've got is actually a map (striving for better quality) and in order to make sense if it I had to change. And change is what was scary and created that uncertainty. The kicker, though, was the nuance that it wasn't my "role" that needed to change but "I" needed to change.
Sorry for the long comment, just wanted to share my experience.
Keep up the good weaseling!
German