Pivotal Moments
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Stories show growing up on a dairy farm, milking at 12, negotiating gymnastics enrollment and then building a provincial gymnastics club as president; moving to Singapore in the early 1980s, returning to study computer science, spending ten years in Toastmasters to learn public speaking; becoming a QA manager, co‑authoring a 575‑page book and creating a training course, launching an Agile Testing Fellowship, and losing a voice in Beijing then adopting a portable speaker.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and childhood
- 10:10First pivotal moment with daughter
- 18:30Moving to Singapore and independence
- 25:20University and overcoming challenges
- 32:00Career shift to testing and agile
- 38:00Writing books and public speaking
- 41:00Future plans and closing advice
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