How to thrive as a tester
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Claim: thriving requires concrete habits not cheerleading — a 35-item life list and a ten-point practice that moves career from tester to manager to VP to consultant and author. Uses measurable tools: StrengthsFinder + DISC + Authentic Happiness for strengths preferences and values, Devonthink for notes, and a four-step PKM: capture curate crunch contribute. Emphasizes shipping business value, trading freedoms consciously, stepping beyond job labels, and a family-first calendar that actually gets scheduled.
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chapters (27)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:17Mr Freaking Furious
- 1:58The Baby Effect
- 3:52Whats worked for me
- 4:57Make a decision
- 6:35Paint a picture
- 8:31Relationships
- 12:55Having fun
- 14:44Trade your freedoms
- 18:10Shipping value
- 20:17What are your strengths
- 21:25What is testing
- 29:22Keep learning
- 36:49Why
- 38:56Best way to thrive
- 44:35Ten simple ideas
- 46:08Can you change peoples behavior
- 48:06Flat organisation structure
- 49:58Why not to move on
- 50:58Goals
- 51:54Books Resources
- 52:46Communication
- 53:29Finding your purpose
- 54:19The two sides of recruiting
- 56:00The 10 behaviours of effective employees
- 57:28How to deal with arrogant producers
- 58:57What is a good mixture of personalities
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