Matias Fornara is a Senior Leader at Abstracta and has been working in the industry for more than 10 years. 

In today's episode, we discussed everything Test Automation, how to ensure its quality, and much more.

Episode Highlights
Matias’ start in the industry and his transition to Software Testing.
His take on how to continuously improve the quality of your test automation.
Opportunities for improvement within a team
Matias’ Test Automation Manifesto

S4E8- Matias Fornara - Test Automation

We are closing this cycle of Quality Sense with a very interesting guest... 
 Maaret Pyhäjärvi, has more than 25 years of experience in software testing, and is constantly sharing her knowledge and helping others. She has experience organizing conferences around the world, meetups, and more. Maaret is currently working at Vaisala as a Principal Test Engineer.

In today’s episode, we talked about the challenges of organizing and attending conferences, and we dived into the topic of exploratory testing. How to define it, the challenges of building trust around exploratory testing, and more.

So for the last time this year, get comfortable, grab a snack and enjoy!

S4E11 | Season Finale - Maaret Pyhäjärvi - Exploratory Testing

Today’s guest is Noel Wurst! 

He’s the director of Storytelling at Smartbear. He’s responsible for building communications strategies, and managing public relations initiatives, and also has a deep, personal interest in helping build diverse, inclusive, and balanced workplace cultures.

Join him and Federico on this episode of Quality Sense Podcast!
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Quality Sense Podcast S5E3 | Effective Communication In Testing With Noel Wurst

Today’s guest is Darrel Farris! a dear friend of mine.

He's a Partner at Abstracta and a US Country Manager, and has been in the industry for over 20 years!

Let’s jump right into the interview and explore QA in the field!
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Quality Sense Podcast S5E4 | Quality In The Field With Darrel Farris

We're closing season 5 of Quality Sense Podcast with an interesting interview with Ben Dowen, also known as the Full Snack Tester. 

Alongside Federico Toledo, they will discuss all things Pair Testing.

Quality Sense Podcast S5E8 | Pair Testing with Ben Dowen

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences.
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Adam Sandman about how generative AI is transforming software development and testing by automating mundane tasks, enabling faster prototyping, and collapsing traditional roles into broader generalist positions, while also highlighting challenges like increased defects, ethical concerns, and the evolving nature of human-machine collaboration.

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Transcript

Adam Sandman on Generative AI and the Future of Software Testing

My #1 reason it that people should have a chance to get a high paying job with an awesoem career in Technology

The 2nd reason is to help companies gain quality talented technology resources they need to support their business operations

The 3rd and important reason is for the Industry to continue growth and avoid a market plateu

About a year and a half later, there was a Harvard Business Review Article Following up on the Case Study, 
titled "Who is going to fill The Middle Skills Gap?"

Shortly after that, realized my help is not needed in teaching people how to code

There's no lack of learning resources at this point

Now you can learn for FREE or very low cost

My help is needed in the area of transitioning people into a Technology Career

I set a goal to help people with career advancement, a blueprint, to get the hottest skills companies are craving, validating skills, getting experience, winning resumes, interviewing, and negotiating salary

Throughout last year I worked on 
AWARENESS, helping people understand what technology opportunities can do for them

BELIEF, helping people break their false beliefs, wondering if they can do this


This year I'm adding  
MOTIVATION
Motivation has been the missing ingredient.
I'm going to add motivation to the mix in 2019
Motivation moves us to take action


Gandhi once said
“Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.”


When you blend your beliefs and your words, you can achieve anything.

You are the creator of you destiny and it starts with the words you speak into your life

Speak positive things into your life, and you will begin to see it

Speak love an happiness into your life, and you'll notice more love and happiness

Speak good in others, and you'll see more good in others

Speak your dreams into existence.

Believe your dreams will become reality

Act and live as though they are and they soon will be

Speak with certainty

Muhammad Ali spoke he was "The Greatest" and he became The Greatest

He had no doubht in his mind

That is the same way you should speak about your goals

I am healthy

Opportunites are Everywhere

I am blessed and I am surrounded by blessings

I am constantly growing 

I am learning more 

I am earning more

I am advancing my career

Technology is easy for me

I am worthy

I can make a difference

I can do this

I will do this

I will do this for me

I will do this for my family

I will do this, because it's my way out

The opportunity is mine

I am grabbing this opportunity

I give thanks for this opportunity

My time is now

The decision is mine

I choose to win

I choose better

I choose to make it happen in this New Year....

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-Brian

Career Advancement Affirmations Speak Your Career Success Brian McCumber Tech Money Talks

This is the second part of the interview with Robert Sabourin (you can also play it and read the full transcript here: https://bit.ly/2NfnNew). Rob told us about 5 principles of Just in Time Testing to take into account when you test under pressure, I mean, always... right? Well, in this second part you will listen to the last 3:
- Decision making process
- Triage
- Know the last best build
Also, he gave us books and habits recommendations.

S1E1 - Rob Sabourin (Part 2) - Testing under pressure

In this episode I interviewed Michael Bolton, one of my personal heroes in testing, someone who makes you think outside the box, and is known for stirring up great debate! 

In this long interview, I just asked a couple of simple questions and Michael shared with us lot of insights about software testing, automation, algorithms, AI, etc, and most importantly, about how he entered a career in software testing (which by the way, I haven't heard about it before). 

Also, we commented about his trip to Uruguay when he attended TestingUY as a keynote speaker.

For a full transcript, check out our blog post: https://abstracta.us/blog/podcast/quality-sense-podcast-michael-bolton/

To learn more about Michael as well as his and James Bach's Rapid Software Testing Courses and methodology, visit: https://www.developsense.com/index.html

S1E11 - Michael Bolton - Software testing and automation

Have you thought about making the switch to a commercial test automation framework? In this episode of Quality Sense, Katya Aronov shares how she managed to lead an organizational effort at her company, Trax, to involve devs in their quality processes, using Testim to create useful, stable, and reliable test automation.

Episode Highlights:
- What is needed to create useful automation that benefits the whole team
- How can you be sure to make the best decision when choosing a tool? 
- Why open source tools are not as free as we think
- How testers and devs can best collaborate, advocating a culture of quality

Check out the episode transcript and relevant links:

S3E2 - Katya Aronov - Involving devs in the quality process

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Tech Money Talks hosted by Brian McCumber is a Technology Online Business Podcast that goes deep into the topic of Dropshipping with today's top Six Figure and Million Dollar Professional Dropshippers, revealing their Journey into Dropshipping.


Discover the Secret to their Dropshipping Success with real-life advice for you to start your own online business. Learn about E-commerce Dropshipping tips, Digital Marketing Strategies, Facebook Advertising, and Google Ads.


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Making sense of software quality... that’s what testers aim to do and that’s what this podcast is all about. Join Abstracta COO, Federico Toledo, PhD as he dares to interview some of his role models and industry leaders who are awesome at what they do to get advice that can help us be better testers and enable our teams to create higher quality software. 

Expect insights on today’s most pressing topics and good practices from the creators and collaborators of your favorite software testing tools, methodologies, conferences, etc. An Uruguayan in Silicon Valley, you’ll also hear Federico share his views from over 15 years of training testers and working with clients like CA Technologies and Shutterfly.

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