Alan

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I'm a long time tester and developer working for Microsoft where I'm currently a Principal SDET on the XBox team.

I've also worked on Microsoft Lync, Windows CE, Windows, and spent some time as Microsoft's Director of Test Excellence.

I am the lead author on the Microsoft Press book "How We Test Software at Microsoft", contributed chapters to a few other books (including "Beautful Testing") and frequently speak to, consult with, or teach classes to software developers and testers.


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 comment Are code reviews considered part of QA?
@dzieciou - it was mostly learning curve - it took a while before testers could find issues with regularity.
Nov
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 comment What options are available in the career path of a tester?
oh yeah - that's what I meant. Changed above.
Nov
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 revised What options are available in the career path of a tester?
wrong word changed meaning
Nov
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Nov
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 answered What options are available in the career path of a tester?
Oct
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Oct
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 answered SpecFlow - test MVC3 Web site with action calls
Oct
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 comment How can I transition into getting into QA?
This is incredibly valuable advice. In a past life as a musician/composer, I knew people who bought expensive notation software so they could "compose" - even though they knew nothing about composition. The tools are completely useless unless you know what you want to do with them.
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