Hej! š
Iām 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 do you actually prevent bugs?
I share how I help prevent bugs on projects and how I help others come up with ideas, including testing requirements and having testing discussions.
How to start your career in software testing
So, you want to become a software tester but you are not currently working in the IT industry? There are a few things you can do to get your first role.
Are we talking about the same thing?
In this post I discuss the importance of watching what words you describe things to make sure you and others are talking about the same thing.
Getting started on a testing project (revisited)
An updated checklist for testers who are starting on a new testing project, to make sure they have what they need.
Step by step guide to becoming a technical tester
Here is a step by step guide to becoming a technical tester including suggested courses you can take.
Interview with Marie Cruz
Marie Drake is a Quality Engineering Manager at Zoopla. Previously, she was a Principal Test Automation Engineer where she was responsible for setting up the overall QA strategy.
Interview with Emma Bostian
Emma Bostian is an American Software Engineer working at Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a co-host of the Ladybug Podcast and teaches web development.
All posts or browse all categories