This will be my second and final post about that ridiculous show, The Tester. I can’t stand watching even one full episode, but Joystiq’s interview with the winner at least explains why someone might think it is a good idea to enter: A lot of gaming media (ourselves included) have given The Tester a lot …
I’m not sure what to think about Sony’s forthcoming reality show “The Tester“. On one hand, they’re mocking quality assurance by turning it into a competition. On the other hand they’ll hopefully get people to talk about testing issues and this is a rare public look into what is usually a secretive business.
There has been some really interesting discussion at two very different places recently regarding the quality of life issues for developers. I just wanted to point them out, because I think they’re important not just for developers, but for Quality Assurance personnel as well. I don’t think it is even possible to get a job …
Overall I want a lot from Bugzilla that it doesn’t deliver yet. Most of all, I want Google Gears support. Why? Because then I can edit/add to bugs when I’m offline and come back later and have it actually do the changes. It’ll make it more likely that I work through my bug lists instead …
One of the major downsides to quality assurance is the lack of a career advancement path. On a project nowadays, you may have forty to sixty temporary testers, after which maybe two or three are brought on as full-time testers. In a department of forty to sixty full-time testers, you may have maybe five leads …
My people have a saying: “Cate bordeie, atatea obiceie”; the rough translation of that would be that each household has its habits. I have witnessed the truth of that in my career as a game tester – truly each and every company I have worked for or with had its own approach to testing and …
We’ve all had them…those fellow employees who just suck the life out of any team, department or company that they are associated with. However, it can be difficult as a lead or manager to figure out whois the poison pill in a team because most of the time, employees will openly bitch about other employees …
Back in 1940, Chevrolet released a management training video called “Hired.” You can view the second half at the beginning of the “Manos: The Hands of Fate” episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, or you can watch the entire video over that the Internet Archive. If you are having problems getting your testers to perform, …
Cockroach. Just the word makes your skin crawl. It evokes an image of filth, of creepy crawlies creating a crunchy mobile carpet flowing along the floor evading the light. Palmetto bug. Sounds nice. Gentle. You wouldn’t think it is the same thing as a cockroach…but it is. A few years ago, some Florida residents got …
This was a triumph: Grand Theft Auto 4 displays credits for the testing leads in the cinematic intro.