So you’re new to testing.
Let me give you some friendly advice to help you become the power tester you want to be. I’ll get the boot camp drill sergeant stuff out of the way first.
The zombie apocalypse has occurred. They walk among us even now — The Testing Dead. These dead-eyed, soulless creatures make sounds that seem human, but they’re an empty shell inside and will bite you if provoked. Left unchecked, Zombie Testers will infect an organization with their…
In my first post on The Testing Dead, I identified a number of patterns of behavior that I like to call Zombie Testing.
Is this really a problem we need to be concerned about?
If it’s true that zombie testers are being churned out faster than we can rehabilitate them, then what do we do about them? Asked in a perhaps less provocative way, how do we go about making sure that zombie-like testing behavior is neither encouraged, nor rewarded?
Previously on the Testing Dead I talked about various forms of behavioral dysfunction that I call Zombie Testing…