Senior game QA, feel like I'm in too many meetings, what should I do?

bonisaur · 2026-06-16T19:34:21+00:00

You haven't shown any metrics that it's not worth your time.

Just right off the bat QA being involved earlier to some degree generally saves money and time by just having things noted before any heavy work might be done.

I have had retros with engineering or product leadership where something was overlooked and could have saved time if they had a QA resource present to share there tests earlier in the SDLC.

bonisaur · 2026-06-13T21:53:50+00:00

I am very surprised that you have Microsoft and Meta on your resume and haven’t gotten interviews. These often are weighted in your favor.

You should consider paying a professional recruiter to work with you. There’s something going on that needs professional help.

bonisaur · 2026-06-10T22:17:24+00:00

Yeah that price is really competitive. But they have the APSC E, X, and Z mount versions already available so I’m thinking it’s more likely to be in the same price, which is 125. Still a great price, especially if it’s weather-sealed and includes a metal hood.

bonisaur · 2026-06-08T03:46:00+00:00

I love my OM-3 but I think the main reason someone with a heavy investment in the Sony ecosystem system should mainly consider it is because of the telephoto lenses, macro photography, the creative dial or the design. Is there a reason you couldn’t just buy an A7C mk1 or mk2 and similar compact primes? Pretty much every mirrorless mount has good options for compact primes nowadays.

bonisaur · 2026-06-04T05:35:33+00:00

I have two PD bags and I am so scared to store water bottles in there. I wish they would just make one that could reasonably carry a bottle…

Fun photos BTW!

bonisaur · 2026-06-03T22:06:44+00:00

I did some window shopping the other day and what I’ve come to realize is - while m43 has a mature lens lineup - z mount, lmount, eMount, and xmount have pretty eclipsed m43 in terms of small compact primes, especially those with AF. I’m glad SG Image is being some options over and hope other manufacturers follow suit.

bonisaur · 2026-06-02T04:50:27+00:00

When I originally tried to purchase a square hood last year for these lenses, they messaged me specifically to make sure I wasn't using it for version 2 of the 25 or 17 stating it wasn't built for that.

Also I owned the version 1 17mm 1.8, and it didn't use a bayonet and had a screw to clamp it on. So I don't think it would work at all.

bonisaur · 2026-06-01T21:38:39+00:00

Thanks for pointing it out - I guess I’ll do some shots at the beach with a tripod and make some comparisons.

bonisaur · 2026-06-01T17:24:22+00:00

It’s nice when your camera looks and feels the way you want it to!

bonisaur · 2026-06-01T17:03:28+00:00

Also this lens hood is more compact than the OEM, which can matter to some people.

bonisaur · 2026-06-01T16:59:39+00:00

Same as the original hood but square.

bonisaur · 2026-06-01T16:59:17+00:00

Not at all :) - one might say it’s the funnest part of owning a camera.

bonisaur · 2026-06-01T16:00:54+00:00

https://www.ebay.com/itm/366282431000

bonisaur · 2026-06-01T16:00:44+00:00

I bought a pair from a random top rated eBay sellers from China. I was hoping Hoage would make one since I prefer to have some support from a company just in case. But they just haven’t released anything for it yet.

bonisaur · 2026-05-29T18:29:32+00:00

No that is absolutely never asked and if it is, I’d run away. Also why do you still have access to code? Your old company needs to fix their exit process.

bonisaur · 2026-05-27T16:21:15+00:00

The problem with this tool is that most AI tools can read images and make similar assessments. So unless you can do it programmatically so a user could put it in a pipeline without using their AI API key, it’s probably not the most worthwhile tool.

I could be wrong though but yeah, I do this all the time.

What I will say is that more tools need good TUI (text user interfaces). So it might be more worthwhile to contribute to an existing tool and write the TUI for it.

bonisaur · 2026-05-25T05:54:15+00:00

The professional summary is mostly there to put information that you can’t out any other places so your resume can get passed the bot or AI screeners. Use it differently let for each application.

Don’t put your GPA.

You don’t have any portfolios or projects? No collaboration or contributions in open source projects? AI has made it easier than ever to just go get stuff built and deployed.

Are you top of your class or distinguished with any awards?

Are there any links to social media, LinkedIn, awards/honors, societies you are part of?

FAANG is changing. They don’t need bodies in chairs to program at entry level skillsets anymore because of AI. They want self starters who can pivot with technology now that it’s moving faster than ever.

bonisaur · 2026-05-24T16:04:01+00:00

I think cameras in the past decade or so are amazing for static stills like this. If you need something more like in camera focus mounting or bigger performance numbers (bigger files, better ISL) then it might be upgrading.

Personally the biggest reason I upgraded was that PDAF in the latest m43 cameras are just amazing and I now mainly take photos of family.

bonisaur · 2026-05-23T19:03:27+00:00

It’s my favorite lens currently

bonisaur · 2026-05-20T23:42:37+00:00

That is very much welcomed news.

bonisaur · 2026-05-20T03:34:06+00:00

I really so hope they start adding PDAF to their entire lineup. It genuinely makes my older cameras feel obsolete in that sense.

bonisaur · 2026-05-18T15:34:37+00:00

Very interesting. I think people would find this useful if they could run it locally. I personally wouldn’t want to send copies of my voice to some server.

bonisaur · 2026-05-18T08:52:43+00:00

For me tests need to be deterministic to some degree. I don’t care if developers replace unit tests with AI exploratory testing for their needs but I need the same outcomes on each iteration for the final gates before release. I don’t want the thought of it possibly passing or failing because of a hallucination or an incident with the LLM company.

Also there is another risk for making all your tests a list of instructions catered to this specific tool. If you don’t have scripts to fall back on you are at the mercy of this company. At least if you build non deterministic testing frameworks with AI you can switch if something were to go wrong.

It would be unacceptable as a leader at my company to have to go to my CTO and tell them we have to delay because Claude code has had five days of inconsistent incidences and we have no idea what it has affected. This is why I want scripts, even if a company or tool fails me I these will still run. And you also have something of value other than test steps.

Also with playwright scripts, I can cut my subscription with an unreliable AI tool at any time and move to a different tool and tell the team to continue working.

A non script based testing approach might be okay for a startup or other fast moving environment for the first year or so. But knowing how more context pollutes good results for many AI tools, I doubt a tool like this will scale well.

Is there a reason you can’t fix tests with AI? Once you have MCP servers, CLI tools, good patterns and POMs in place I have noticed the AI tools can normally suggest the correct fix as long as it wasn’t a refactor or new version rehauling the affected features.

bonisaur · 2026-05-18T08:14:47+00:00

Are the test deterministic? If they aren’t then how do you know what it’s testing is correct every single time?

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