Questioning The Premise Of Testing

Hi all,

I'll go straight to business. Not long did the 2016 last before another round of questioning testing started. This time however it was started by someone who I thought to be knowledgeable about the premise of testing and the relevance of it. Here's the tweet:

I fail to understand the purpose of this kind of tweet, but at least it stirred some thoughts.

"So you think you can test?"

Heyhey, the bear has awaken!

It's been too long and I don't want to bore you with stories about diapers and work, even though they are plentiful. Well, something about work. This is a testing blog and I'm a tester after all.

Two things ignited my resolve to write something for your pleasure, dear reader. Firstly, Eeva Pursula gave me an inspiration with her blog. Secondly, I read Simon Knight's Linkedin article about challenging interview questions for people in testing and QA and felt like saying something more than what would fit into a comment field. Don't get me wrong: There was nothing wrong in Simon's article, but one of the replies caught my attention...