The Tester I Was and the Tester I Could Be
summary
Career testing moves from exploratory bug hunting to building tools (distributed job runners, test selectors, runtime analyzers) and coaching teams on CI/CD. Claim: developer-owned automation correlates with higher quality (Nicole Forsgren / Accelerate). Shift to experimentation: use build–measure–learn and A/B tests to guide product decisions — examples shown: 34% increase in form submissions, 52% increase in sales, and a reported 550% conversion increase. Emphasis is on measuring customer behavior with data, running many experiments, and optimizing business outcomes.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00My history as a tester
- 1:27Automation and tooling
- 3:21Coaching and shift in roles
- 4:57Data-driven quality
- 6:33Experimentation and A/B tests
- 11:11Defining the modern tester
- 13:04Conclusion and resources
