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I’m Nicola Lindgren, the author of Starting Your Software Testing Career, a co-author of How Can I Test This? and a co-author of The Software Tester's Journey.

If you want to stay up to date with upcoming blog posts, you can follow me on LinkedIn or Bluesky.

Here are a few of my most popular blog posts.

  • How do you actually prevent bugs?
  • How To Test In A Higher Developer-Tester Ratio
  • Step by step guide: Testing with no/little requirements
  • Testing with Charles Proxy
  • Bloggers Club: Implementing Change
  • How to Test Before Code is Written
  • Speaking at Conferences: A Practical Guide for First-Time Presenters

    • How Can I Test This?

    Details on my book How Can I Test This?

    Expert Testing Advice: 10 Industry Leaders Share Their Top Tips

    Discover actionable software testing tips from 10 industry leaders, covering accessibility, agile testing, exploratory testing, and more. Learn from top testing experts' real experiences.

    Top Questions to Ask in Your Next Job Interview

    Essential interview questions for software testers and IT professionals to ask employers. Includes questions about career growth, work culture, and testing processes. Updated for 2024.

    Book Review: Holistic Testing

    Here is my book review on Holistic Testing: Weave Quality into your Product by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory. I share what I thought about the book in general and what I liked and could be improved.

    5 Interview Tips to Help You Nail Your Next Job Interview

    Here I will 5 actionable, useful interview tips that you can bring with you to your next interview.

    Book Review: Leading Testing Activities

    Here is my book review on Leading Testing Activities by Jesper Ottosen. I share what I thought about the book in general and what I liked and could be improved.

    Oredev Conference - Day 3 2024

    Here are my highlights from the last day of the 2024 Öredev conference including some resources that a few of the speakers recommended.

    Oredev Conference - Day 2 2024

    Here are my highlights from Day 2 of the Öredev conference. Aside from some key takeaways from the talks, I include useful resources that the speakers recommend.

    Oredev Conference - Highlights from Day 1 2024

    Here are my highlights from Day 1 of the Öredev conference. Aside from some key takeaways from the talks, I include useful resources that the speakers recommend.

    Reflections on Being a Manager for (Almost) 2 Years

    Here I share my reflections on being a manager for almost 2 years.

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