Comments on: Passion, self-education and testing

By: Henrik Emilsson

Henrik Emilsson — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:11:49 +0000

I have signed up for Self-Education for testers!

By: Martin Jansson

Martin Jansson — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:34:54 +0000

There is an infinite amount of books that give us ideas, but books written by testers give me something quickly. I’ve read a lot by Jerry Weinberg lately. I wish I read some of his books when I started my test career. Still, after a few years experience it is easier to suck in their knowledge and I might not have understood it fully.

I have a few interesting books in organisational psychology and organisational theory that awaits me. A swedish book that I can recommend is “Att hantera konflikter” by Andreas de Klerk. I guess we need to fill in the Recommendations section above more.

By: Tomas Lindqvist

Tomas Lindqvist — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:30:08 +0000

I have also read the book and as you I do not agree on everything. James is a very intelligent person, not all of us have the ability to read something and just remember it all, not me atleast. It all sounds very simple in the book. Quit school, buy some books and learn yourself what you need.

Somewhere I do believe it is alot of hard work and also some good luck to succeed the way he describes in the book.

The book is however really inspiring and something that all testers should read since alot of testwork is self education.

I’ll try my best to convince my manager that it is worth the money to send me to Gothernburg and the one day session with James.

By: Rikard Edgren

Rikard Edgren — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:56:22 +0000

“I think we have a lot to learn (or perhaps relearn) from our children.”
Yes, indeed.
Children have an enormous curiosity, and a natural ability to learn things while having fun.
While getting older, the key is to not destroy this.