Testingminded.com have put together a list of the Top 100 Software Testing Blogs:
http://www.testingminded.com/2010/04/top-100-software-testing-blogs.html
Unfortunately, I didn't make it - that'll teach me to update my blog more regularly and have something worthwhile to read on it! :-)
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Testing Women
I love this post:
http://ladybug010.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/high-heels-in-high-tech-women-working-in-the-software-field/
As a woman, working in an engineering company, I am definitely in the minority, which frankly I'm used to now. In college I was also in the minority which was definitely a culture shock having come from 14 years of convent schooling (all girls, everywhere!). But I'm over it now, it's the norm for me.
There are difficulties sometimes with perception and opinions. An adjective used to describe a guy is positive yet when the same adjective is used to describe a woman, it has negative connotations.
I definitely agree, having a mix of gender in a team is beneficial to the team's success. It reduces testosterone level, and as one man said to me, it has a calming effect. And we all think differently, which is what you want in a testing team.
Yet somehow, I seem to be collecting women! In a department of 16, with two managers, I have all 4 women (including myself) in my team. We actually have a majority of woman! How weird is that?
http://ladybug010.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/high-heels-in-high-tech-women-working-in-the-software-field/
As a woman, working in an engineering company, I am definitely in the minority, which frankly I'm used to now. In college I was also in the minority which was definitely a culture shock having come from 14 years of convent schooling (all girls, everywhere!). But I'm over it now, it's the norm for me.
There are difficulties sometimes with perception and opinions. An adjective used to describe a guy is positive yet when the same adjective is used to describe a woman, it has negative connotations.
I definitely agree, having a mix of gender in a team is beneficial to the team's success. It reduces testosterone level, and as one man said to me, it has a calming effect. And we all think differently, which is what you want in a testing team.
Yet somehow, I seem to be collecting women! In a department of 16, with two managers, I have all 4 women (including myself) in my team. We actually have a majority of woman! How weird is that?
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