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S1E7 - Eric Proegler - Testing mission-critical software

In this episode I interviewed Eric Proegler, an expert in performance testing and test management as well as the president of the Association for Software Testing(https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/). You can also play the episode and read the full transcript here: https://bit.ly/2YeEgG6

Highlights:

- How certain industry's systems are tested like contact tracing apps for COVID-19 or aircraft software(think the Boeing 737 MAX disaster)

- Software quality certifications: When are they needed and are they really useful?

- Test documentation, context-driven testing, test automation vs manual testing.

- How Eric discovered he'd rather be a software tester than a developer

- A super important skill for testers: learning how to disagree politely

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