[EVENING] Third-Wave Thinking - Fraser Crichton

ABOUT THE TALK
The test community, much like the rest of IT, is abuzz with jargon: BDD, TDD, Cucumber, shift-left, CI, CD, and so on. Loading your CV with these acronyms and being able to talk coherently about them is the first step in getting any job interview in technology. However, as developers have shouldered much of the work of ensuring software quality, organisations are beginning to question the role of 'testers'. Justifying your role just because you can maintain a test automation framework is, I think, rightly being called into question. How did we get here? And what is it that people working in technology can do to ensure they have a sustainable career? I think one answer is to challenge our unconscious biases continually.

What you may get out of it:
An understanding of how the job market for testers is set for radical and timely change
Checks vs Tests and the value of exploratory testing
How much is too much automation
Insight into Production Monitoring - aka testing in production (!)
Some understanding of what's different about working across the ditch in Australia
Insight into the radical impact of colour photography on the British fine art establishment

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Fraser Crichton currently works as a Transformation Lead with ANZ in Wellington. He is a former Java developer who switched to QA Automation because of his passion for software quality. His current role involves embedded engagement and collaborative coaching with teams to deliver small, low-risk incremental customer value using high-value automation whilst juggling stakeholder engagement.

HOW WILL THIS SESSION RUN?
Please arrive at Assurity from 5.30pm for a prompt start time of 5.45pm. Fraser will deliver a talk, there'll be a break for food and drink, then there'll be an opportunity for interactive Q&A.

Pizza and refreshments will be provided

LOCATION
Level 6, Harbour Tower, 2 Hunter Street

SPONSORS
Thank you Assurity for kindly hosting us at their new offices. Also, thanks to WonderProxy for their support of this event by providing Pizzas and refreshments.

For those who don't know, WonderProxy provides a global network of proxy servers and flexible testing tools so that you can see what your website looks like to customers around the world. Take the uncertainty out of localisation testing. Check them out in the link provided https://wonderproxy.com/mot-meetup