What's the one thing you'd tell a new tester..

... if you could only pass on one piece of advice?

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Permalink Reply by James Christie on January 24, 2012 at 14:14

"Whatever you do, DON'T PUSH THE RED BUTTON!"

I'd assume you're either;

a - a metal fan,

b - not a Mac user,

c - a Mac user, but testing an application that gets screwed up by the red button.

If I were working with you I'd certainly want to get it clarified!

Permalink Reply by Rasmus Koorits on January 24, 2012 at 14:27

Actually I was thinking along the lines of a tester in charge of testing a doomsday device.

My post was about not forgetting that other people come from different contexts. For example, it is easy to assume here that the tester in question has to test SOFTWARE (or at least software that runs on a regular computer).

Permalink Reply by Jeff Lucas on January 24, 2012 at 15:17

Actually, the red button has a name. It is called "Delete All" in a VM snapshot manager. With a new tester in residence, it's very existence give me nightmares.

Permalink Reply by Jeff Lucas on January 23, 2012 at 16:30

I'd do a "Curly" impression from "City Slickers" and leave him guessing.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Elliott on January 24, 2012 at 10:47

If I had only one thing to pass on it'd be:

"Know how to accept a story/feature before you start testing."

Ideally, this would be passed on to developers too. Too many features are developed without proper understanding of what is needed, often due to poor business requirements/stories, which leads to rework.

Permalink Reply by Duncan nisbet on January 24, 2012 at 12:49

Classic - your brain is your best testing tool

Permalink Reply by Joe Strazzere on January 25, 2012 at 12:13

I like this one!

Permalink Reply by Girlie Mangalo on January 26, 2012 at 2:49

so true! =D

Permalink Reply by Md Moeen Ajaz Khan on January 28, 2012 at 16:53

I like this:-)

Permalink Reply by Anoop Sukumaran on January 30, 2012 at 20:57

couldn't agree more! :-)

Permalink Reply by James Thomas on January 30, 2012 at 21:14

http://federico.galassi.net/2009/04/19/testing-the-big-picture/ attributes this quote to Weinberg:

The number one testing tool is not the computer, but the human brain in conjunction with eyes, ears, and other sense organs.

Permalink Reply by halperinko on January 25, 2012 at 7:36

Related side issue: Many newcomers ask "what is testing?"

Do any of you know of a video clip presenting something like "A day in tester work"?

We must make some short video clip with a bit of humor, which presents our work to others - especially to newcomers. 

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