Testing Peers
Testing Peers is a growing community of ~60 peers in testing, software quality, agility, test leadership, engineering management, and broader software development. We’re united by a shared goal: to drive quality in everything we do within our workplaces and beyond. Through collaboration, accountability, and mutual support, we strive to elevate one another both professionally and personally.
The Testing Peers podcast is now expanding beyond its original four hosts, David Maynard, Chris Armstrong, Russell Craxford and Simon Prior, striving to represent the voices of a diverse and thriving community. Our inaugural in-person conference, PeersCon, launched in Nottingham in March 2024 and will return in March 2025, further solidifying Testing Peers as a not-for-profit, by testers, for testers initiative.
Testing Peers
Testers' Growth
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast.
This week, join Russell, David, Simon and special guest host, Dan Ashby as we discuss growth as testers.
Before diving in, the Peers discuss things that they have grown and taken pride in, from careers, to children, to plants.
The topic is introduced by Dan, speaking to the current climate in our industry, discussing personal growth, motivators and helping others in their growth, as leaders.
The conversation covers both formal and informal career growth. The Peers reflect on some of their own experiences, successes and failures, highlighting the importance of learning styles, motivators, impact, cost and value.
Dan highlights Bloom's Taxonomy (evaluation, synthesis, analysis, application, comprehension & knowledge) as a potential overlay for a growth framework.
Our thanks again to Dan for joining us, you can find a lot of his thoughts at danashby.co.uk/
We hope you found the discussion useful and would love to hear your feedback.
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