a man wearing a brown coat and a blue hat is standing in front of a blurry background . ALT: a man wearing a brown coat and a blue hat is standing in front of a blurry background .

When you enter your laptop password correctly on the first try

Learn data analysis and engineering techniques!!!! It will dramatically help your ability to effectively perform impact assessments as a #QualityEngineer

AI sucks at naming things

I can’t stand Ted Talks anymore. Seems in the spirit of sounding profound or enlightening they lose the plot and confuse the audience. That 12 minute video could really have been cut in half.

Review the story/requirements AND the pull/merge request, people. #QualityEngineering #GoodWork

Accept or reject meeting invites, don’t leave people hanging #GoodWork

One time I needed a new bed frame since once side broke and my bed was slanted. But there was a mega sale on a tv during boxing day. I bought the tv.

Make notes of your work accomplishments while they’re still fresh. You’ll thank yourself come end of year. #GoodWork

Attach your tests to the stories #QualityEngineering . This is assuming your stories aren’t properly fleshed out with the team for whatever reason.

Planning is so underrated

Your job as a leader isn’t to make people dependent on you. It’s to enable others so they can do the best work possible and have room to grow.

Effort takes you a long way

My most used Slack feature is “remind me”. Life saver.

Gym etiquette: don’t ask people how much they have left in the middle of their set

AI sucks at name suggestions

Some people are determined to misunderstand you no matter what you do or say.

I had a manager once tell me: when I say jump you ask how high.

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I left for bigger and better things.

Here’s where we’re at. I was gonna post something about the US, then backtracked in fear of issues down the line. Think about that.

Getting to Istanbul:

50% flight
50% on the tarmac

“If you’re not at table you’re on the menu”. That’s my Prime Minister 🔥

If you’re gonna reach out about a job opening you’re interested in, please at least make sure you spell the company name correctly.

Hey you, Software Quality Engineer, you should be reviewing the PR related to your ticket. You never know what you might uncover or learn (hint: a lot). #SoftwareQA #QualityEngineer #SoftwareDevelopment

I sometimes talk to Siri in Snape’s demeanour. “Turn offf….living room”.

They seriously need to lower music volume and increase speaking volume in most movies these days

Is stopping for ambulances not a thing anymore? We’re regressing as a society.

Dart fans are awesome

Show up to meetings on time. Give a heads up if you’re gonna be late. Provide context for meetings you setup. #GoodWork

The Lucrative Business of Treating Obscure Symptoms YouTube video by Joe Delaney

Is TRT the cool thing now for men? I get it has its purposes, and maybe I’m exposed to bias, but I can’t help and think that Joe Delaneyy is onto something here: youtu.be/I99pF69cCrk?...

Woke up and realized it’s Saturday and got so happy.

Prime video is too much with the ads now, wow.