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Using dump files to guide testing

You don’t need to understand code to make use of dump files. One tool that I’ve frequently used throughout my testing career (and also development) is WinDbg. I was a little surprised when I realised that very few other people use it so I thought that I’d share a little about why I use it […]

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Why I believe that manual testing is a great job

I’ve had a fairly varied career and in 2019 I took the unusual step of going from a developer to a manual tester. I’m glad that I made this choice and this post explores why.

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2021 – A year in review

I believe this is a fairly common thing to do and hopefully useful for myself. Lets have a look back at the bizarre year that was 2021. Key events: Officially became an employee of Motorola Solutions, following a takeover last year. Moved to a new office, which I visited a handful of times. Started a […]

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Threat modelling: Don’t forget your test engineer

I am a test engineer at my current work. After watching a number of talks at Ministry of Testing I also signed up for a secondary role; Cyber Champion. Through this role I’ve been learning about many aspects of cyber security and then running brown bags for our office to help people learn more about […]

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“Just run what was done before”

My biggest challenge when switching back to test Before I start, a bit of background. I started at my current company as a Software Test Engineer. I didn’t really enjoy the very rigid processes that we had in place and felt it didn’t make the most of my creative ability to find bugs. I ended […]