Santhosh Tuppad's

If you didn't know how Part 4 came up? Here is how it came. I first wrote Part 1, then Part 2 and then Part 3 ;-) So, logically here is Part 4 of the series How Pradeep teaches software testing. "I know how to do certain types of testing but if someone asks me to explain what I did, I struggle to explain" was a problem statement I heard from a […]

Not that you don't know. Truth About Test Plan Documents 98% of test plan documents that are created are not updated, maintained or cared beyond sign off. The first 5 pages of a test plan document contains history that doesn't interest even those whose names are mentioned in it. Scope of testing section is the most funniest part of the whole docume […]

I know you think I am an expert tester.  I am, safely. One of the ways in which I remain as an expert tester is by reading what real expert testers are writing about and add my own thoughts to it and thereby making a large population (who don't blog anyway) think I belong to the expert testers league. For over 6 years, I have been successful in fooling […]

Oredev conference was super duper. The people I met and what I could learn from them was amazing. Siggie got a bunch of speakers for the test track and I was one of them. I met some context driven testers and good humans I was longing to meet. Selena was full of energy. Zeger was artful. Siggie has a cool style. I'd vote him for the next James Bond. Aft […]

Oh my! I was reminded of this story. It is a hard to digest story for me but I can't just hold myself from telling it. About two years back, I did work for a client in India and they had to pay me about a couple of thousand dollars. Meanwhile, a fresh college graduate who was trained by some testing institute came to me seeking help in getting a job. He […]