Doer vs. Talker in End-to-End Test Automation
E2E Test Automation is super practical. One can only master it by doing, not talking.
Yesterday, another customer purchased one TestWise (a functional testing IDE) Personal License. Upon receiving the notification, my wife said, “Let me guess, this new customer never contacted you beforehand, right?” My answer: “Yes”.
Many people contacted me (via various channels, such as Email, LinkedIn, Medium, or phone calls from former colleagues), but few took real action. It seems to me that they just wanted to talk about test automation. On the other hand, there are doers (far fewer) who invest in their growth with actions. Only those with that (doer) mindset can grow to be real test automation engineers (rare).
“In my experience, great developers do not always make great testers, but great testers (who also have strong design skills) can make great developers. It’s a mindset and a passion. … They are gold”.
- Patrick Copeland, Google Senior Engineering Director, in an interview (2010)
Table of Contents:
· Most people contacted online don’t follow my advice to practice. Interestingly, those who opt for my suggested frameworks and tools for test automation rarely reach out to me initially.
· Talker
· It is not about Affordability
· You can only…
