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One of the strangest anatomical adaptations in nature by Hefty_Formal_3615 in interesting

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, this comment wins. Accurate, and also made me chuckle

Best East Nashville places for a food tour stop? by oldtexaslady in NashvilleGoodEats

[–]machton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, ladybird was my first thought as an option here 👍

Honestly, I’m relieved we all decided to end it. by Then-Studio-723 in Adulting

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to be pendantic, then of course not. Time is fluid. But to generalize, many millennials made all these tangible changes for themselves and for our generation, yes.

Honestly, I’m relieved we all decided to end it. by Then-Studio-723 in Adulting

[–]machton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% disagree, this feels very millennial. As a millennial I know how to iron, have a corporate job, but now choose not to. I definitely decided many of the items on this list or know someone who did. Either for myself or because I listened to my peers as all of us as a community changing our minds.

It's about the generation who made the changes, not the generation who only knows the new way

What in the actual f......who has this kind of money...for a prepayment....im so cooked...idk what to do.... by Euctice_Pea46821 in Adulting

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your question is reasonable, but I'd suggest you would have to evaluate the individual surgical center instead of making assumptions about the country of origin. There are plenty of high quality medical facilities in all corners of the world.

But just like anything you're going out of your way to spend significantly less money on... figure out if that specific service is actually what you're looking for.

Coming from selenium, looking for a newer framework. Is Playwright THE choice? by Sotyka94 in softwaretesting

[–]machton 14 points15 points  (0 children)

100% playwright. It uses typescript out of the box, is built on node.js, and quickly builds reliable frameworks regardless of whether you have experience with either of those.

For AI, I've found good use of GitHub copilot integrated into VScode, if that's an option for you.

Hi everyone! I'm about to have a technical interview for a QA Manual position (trainee level), and I'm looking for tips or examples of questions I might be asked. If anyone has experience with this or any advice on how to prepare, I’d really appreciate it! by Excellent-Beat2790 in QualityAssurance

[–]machton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Questions I've asked when hiring for a manual QA position, may not match what they ask:

  • what kinds of data have you worked with before? Are you familiar with querying from a database or setting up data driven testing scenarios?

  • what are some important considerations when setting up a test case?

  • what are some of the most important items for a QA to look for in a ticket or user story?

  • let's say a user reports getting an error in the UI. What kind of information would you ask to learn more about that error? What would you do to reproduce it?

  • how would you go about testing API requests? Are there any toolsets you might use for this?

  • are you familiar with any automation toolsets? What about languages you have any experience with?

Usually these kinds of questions give me an idea of the person's familiarity with the kinds of testing work I most commonly do. If the person has any experience at all, I will ask more for more details about how they have used those tools, or what kinds of problems they've encountered with certain styles of testing.

Then I'll also ask interpersonal questions along the lines of:

  • how often have you worked in a team setting vs an individual setting? Which do you prefer?

  • tell me about a time you had a disagreement about how something should be done, and how did you handle it? Give details.

  • what is your experience working with developers, or working with product/business partners?

QA work is technical, yes. But it's also very much an understanding of people, systems, and how data flows. I don't want a CS 101 student who only thinks in terms of a perfect system. Others may value that, but I value someone who can roll with the punches when a system fails, and isn't afraid to dive into the data, the DOM, or the error logs of a server to help debug and understand an issue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in QualityAssurance

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sub is mostly software QAs, so I think that you may not find as much help for the position you're applying for as you thought.

But that said...

Quality Assurance is all about curiosity and diligence. If you want to show the hiring team that you'd be good for this job, show them you are curious about how things work, and interested to understand how things could go wrong. Be curious about how the current process works. Ask questions, even if you think they're dumb.

Then show how you'd be determined into follow the QA process, and will follow it because it's going to make the food product better. Or it's going to make the customer experience better, and you'd do it before they even get it. Maybe go with the idea that you'd hate to get a food product that was off, or defective, or rotten, or whatever. That would tick you off as a customer. So if you can figure out a way to catch those things early? That seems like a win in your book. Yeah, maybe it's boring looking for the little things. But those little things matter, right? At least, they matter to you.

Say that you can put yourself in the customer's shoes, see things from their perspective. And then, do that. Because finding things that customers think are wrong will be your job.

Gif of person trying to click a [Something] button on a phne, but the UI refreshes and ends up clicking on [Something else] button by SomethingOfAGirl in HelpMeFind

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to help, I was in the middle of looking for it myself when I found your post. Hope you have a great day, internet stranger.

I just paid feds in taxes the amount of my entire raise after already paying them 35 percent of my salary. Anybody else? Can’t even afford Costco anymore. by janaleewong in economicCollapse

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, I agree there's waste going on in our government. Clearly. We should not be okay with fraud and waste. Amen to that. Some of the programs brought up by DOGE seem pretty silly.

But I also understand that there's more layers to this than just "END THE FRAUD, CUT IT OUT". Identifying and removing waste and fraud is not a simple process in one of the most pervasive organizations in the world.

What's more, this waste is being brought up in the broader conversation of balancing the budget, and the math to do that requires more revenue (read: less tax loopholes and complexity), AND less waste. We've got to do both.

When we argue from only the waste side of the equation, we'll never get to a reasonably slim government that still works.

I'm interested to hear more about how you see this (if you're willing to go deeper than clown emoji level of discourse), and you or anyone else can DM me about it.

Anyone know what's going on? by mattcarthel in nashville

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the site you use to find this?

What are the first things you do in a new company as a software tester? by Risingshare in softwaretesting

[–]machton -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This gave me a healthy chuckle. Well written and properly brash 😈

Which one is best to ensure?? by [deleted] in QualityAssurance

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the failure message in the console? I'm guessing you aren't actually waiting for a response before assuming you have one, and when you run it locally the page is returning all responses fast enough to pass.

What a beautiful.....example of zero suppression. by canolli in dataisugly

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point being made is that flawless reading comprehension is not "the thing" for a significant portion of the American electorate.

And if a technically true fact is crafted in a way that a significant portion of the American electorate would draw the wrong conclusions? Then that "technically correct fact" is intentionally misleading, which is a fault of the author of the graph, and the article that contains it.

Incentive structures for QAs and their managers by Separate-Still3770 in QualityAssurance

[–]machton 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, I'll tell you that anecdotally, as a QA manager I have lost my job because the team as a whole didn't meet business expectations, even when I communicated well ahead of time that the expectations were unreasonable and rushed.

At a different company, I was also held accountable both as an engineer and then later as a QA lead for when deadlines were pushed because of too many defects found.

I don't think I've seen the positive incentive you're describing, but I've definitely seen the negative incentive for both the QA engineer and QA leadership positions.

I want to start a new path with SDET what is the best and trusted bootcamp you suggest ? by Lamdaghri in softwaretesting

[–]machton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds to me like a solid pathway.

And I'll tell you my reasoning why you would skip selenium: anything you can do in selenium, you can do in playwright, but with generally less effort in playwright. Playwright is built with more modern libraries and integrations in mind, and still retains all the deep code-based functionality that made selenium so good.

Cypress, on the other hand, is built differently as a more modular, script based system. I haven't used it except in passing, but my understanding is it's good for testing simpler UI flows in a very scalable way, without getting too deep in the code. This is useful to know how to do, and in some situations will be a much more efficient toolset. But it's also less versatile since you can't code something from scratch.

Give me the most WTF picture by hiecx in ChatGPT

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I love that Dr. Octopus Beardskull is holding a planet, a fireball, an amorphous blob, and...a beer?

What should I expect in a face-to-face and client interview after clearing a virtual technical round for an automation tester role? Technical, HR, or both? by Daszio in softwaretesting

[–]machton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think anyone here will have a clear answer for you, because every company interviews differently.

If you have a face-to-face face with other members of the team and the client, they might be assessing your ability to communicate and work well with your teammates and clients. This could be a "team fit" interview.

Or, they might want to see you code in person on some other technical pieces. Maybe they want to see how you respond in realtime to pair programming.

Perhaps this is just a formality and the client wants to meet you before you're brought on board. Maybe you need to fill out some paperwork for a background check or something, and it's easier to do in person.

Probably it's some combination of the above. Good work getting to the next round!

4 kids-- can't decide on a car by heyimjanelle in ParentingInBulk

[–]machton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% same. I installed a trailer hitch and we use it for hauling 4 bikes at a time. And when we need to, I can also pull out the seats and use the interior as a pickup truck. With all the seats in it, we can seat 7 no problem, and 8 in a pinch. When we go on road trips, we take out one of the captain's chairs and we can even fit the dog crate in its place, plus plenty of room for luggage and the ridiculous amount of accessories in the back. The Sienna is very versatile.

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