I have been little confused for last few weeks. I seriously wanted to write something but was too much occupied with work and at the same time, I could not think as what I should write about? I am not sure if any of the bloggers whom I follow, face the same problem.
I wanted to participate in BlogSTAR competition of EuroSTAR conference this year but I could not make genuine progress on that front. And when the list of finalists was disclosed, my name did not figure out there. I understood that I didn't have enough credits, reputation or number of blog posts to prove myself a suitable contender for the coveted competition. No regrets as I got to know few more people in the software testing field. I do make a point to read all the posts on a daily basis and comment as and when I feel the need or something that intrigues me.
I am running short of topics. So I asked my friends and colleagues who are somehow related to Software Industry as "What they would like to read about testing in next few weeks?". The answers I received were really encouraging. People don't want to know much about definitions, they want to know as how testing is adding value to the organization? (seems like a typical management question.). They want me to share, day to day challenges that I or my team faces in testing, products of different nature. So after getting some inputs, I prepared a list of things that I would like to talk about in coming weeks.
There was one interesting input that I received from a guy who just started his career in Software Testing field.
He said, "Rahul, you asked me to read blog posts from Michael Bolton, Dr. Cem Kaner, James Bach etc, but I find it very difficult to understand as what they exactly meant." I was kind of confused as that guy has very good communication skills both written and verbal. I asked myself, "Did I ask too much from that guy to do that too when he is just 3 months into Software Testing?" I didn't know that answer. I went back to that little chap and asked, "What's there that you find difficult to understand?". He replied, "I found few terminologies and ideas difficult to understand, like Heuristics". I understood where he was coming from. I faced almost similar difficulties when I started reading these blogs 2 years back. He asked for my help on understanding the things that are not directly about testing but the knowledge gained can be applied to testing "the passion we share".
Lets see what I can do to help him.
C Ya !!!
Rahul
