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If Allbirds has the audacity to pivot this hard from shoes to AI, then what the hell are the rest of us doing calling it “imposter syndrome?” Let’s all live life the way we want. Do the things we’ve always wanted. Follow our dreams. Do the impossible. Be confident AF! Find your Moon Joy!

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If I can figure out how to get clients for my software testing consulting company, I’d be unstoppable!

We did it! Go hawks!

At this point, I’m feeling antsy. Like it’s time to get back into the world. I’ve been trying to build an independent Software Testing consulting company. It’s not as easy as I thought it’d be. Testing software is the fun part.

What's the economic sentiment like right now in Seattle? A known tech heavy capital? Scary, nervous, uncertain. Over 100k people are looking for work. Lots of layoffs. www.kiro7.com/news/local/s...

I stand for: Kindness, empathy, compassion, decency, inclusion, diversity, equality, equity, acceptance, belonging. This is what is right!

I saw the video. I'm f*cking angry! 🤬 I'm sad! 😥 My heart breaks! 💔 This should not be happening in America! Stay strong Minneapolis! You are brave. You have courage! You are heros!

Unemployment in Seattle is 5.1%. This is above the nat'l average! This is bad! I feel the pain! This doesn't count the people who are long-term unemployed or those exhausted their benefits, so it's likely higher. And it's getting worse! Cost of living keeps getting higher!

“QA is a bottleneck!” Nope! This is a myth! QA doesn’t create the bottleneck — they reveal it! 👇

I stand with Greenland & Denmark!

My heart breaks for Minneapolis. Stay strong. Have courage.

Hi 👋I’m putting this out there because it’s time for serendipity to help me. I’m actively looking for immediate work in QA/software testing: contract, temp, freelance, or full‑time. 👇

I'm thinking of starting a software testing/QA focused newsletter! (Well, I've actually started) QA is very broad & very deep in topics. I have a lot of different interests I’ll be writing about. What areas of QA interest you?

My 2 main goals right now: Find a job, freelance clients. Find a safe place to live When you have disabilities, finding a safe job & safe home is hard when so many systems are volatile towards the disabled.

He’s making a list, checking it twice. Only twice? 🎅 Santa doesn’t make for a good software tester! You need to do more than two passes through the test plan!

The storms we've had in WA the last 9 days & ongoing this week are legit historic in nature! I've lived in WA my entire life & I've never seen anything like this!

The bug you found that gets fixed in the code, isn’t the root cause of the bug. It’s the choices, decisions, assumptions, processes (or lack thereof), that caused the bug in the first place.

AI responsibility. I just saw this on a websites ToS: “We take no responsibility for, and we do not expressly or implicitly endorse, support, or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, acceptability, or reliability of AI Features, including, but not limited to any AI Outputs.”

Some people joke about AWS outages. Some offer virtual hugs (HugOps!). But outages like this can cost real money and real reputation. For Eight Sleep smart mattresses, they began to overheat and become locked into inclined positions at 2 AM!

Everyone wants great software. Few want to do what it takes to make it great. Every user story, every feature, every integration — bugs live there. “Good enough” is an excuse. “No one will notice.” They do.

When the bird site exodus happened, a lot of people came to Bluesky, especially in the tech space. But it feels like engagement is lacking here. On Threads, tons of engagement. You have 500 chars to work with, when Bluesky is 300 chars. It'd be better if Bluesky went to 500 chars per post.

Yippee skippy! I feel alive! I feel unstoppable! Let's go!

After dealing with over a dozen very serious health challenges, disability, long recovery time, nearing ☠️... I have to say: it feels good to feel alive! It's been a long time. This gif of Kermit is what I feel right now!

I rallied & protested at the Seattle Center! Now, seeing the videos from nationwide, I'm 🥹 Keep protesting. Keep protecting our freedoms & the Constitution! Stand strong & united against fascism!

No kings! No tyrants! No dictators!

As I'm building a software testing agency, I'm trying to build in public. I'm looking at all things SEO to build it in from the start. When I scan the site using SEO scanners, I get a good score, so the fundamentals are there.

Software testing doesn't need to be a fright! Let QA Captain help you delight! QA Captain is ready to help scare away those bugs you have hiding in your software! Find out more at qacaptain.com

🦇 Spooky season is great for horror films, thrillers, and haunted houses—just not your software. QA Captain is here to de-spookify your software products before it scares your users away!

It’s 🕷️ spider season in Seattle. We are crawling with spiders this time of year—but your software shouldn’t be! QA Captain is on patrol to squash bugs, banish creepy-crawlies, and keep your product clean and clear. QA Captain doesn’t flinch around spiders. Let’s make sure your users don’t either!

I’m trying to do more each day to get a software testing & qa consultancy business setup. So, here’s to the new Bluesky account: @qacaptain.bsky.social I'll likely be doing a lot of cross-posting.

In terms of software quality, Simplicity scales, complexity kills.

I stand with @jimmykimmel.com 💙💚

I've had to unfollow & block many accounts. If anyone supports hate, it's an instant block. I don't have room in my life for hate, toxicity, manipulation, etc. There is no nuance to hatred. It's not up for discussion. So many people are coerced into thinking bad is good & good is bad.

Prompt Engineer is like calling an air guitarist a musician!

Hey @rosiesherry.com - small boundary value bug in MoT user profile. When adding text into the about field, if I add 200 chars, error occurs: "About is too long (maximum is 200 characters)" Error should occur on 201 or > char count, not 200 exactly! 🫠 I wonder if this occurs on all fields?

Generally, has bluesky engagement tanked? It seems to me that the engagement from the bird site has mostly moved to LinkedIn. Is that the place to be? Tech Threads exist, but threads seems more like Twitter 2007 to me... filled with chaos goblins not community building.

The last five years for me has been like walking through fire to end up stuck, drowning in quicksand!

Transformative tech. AI is certainly one of them, but what makes it different is that it’s being forced on everyone. Computers, mobile phones, Internet — all transformative, but not forced. People sought them out; they became opt-in by default.

So, you know I'm a tester, career QA! 💙💚 all things QA! I did a test. I told A.I. "would you believe that I'm bearish on A.I.? The response? 👇

Sadly, I experienced a severe health matter this week. It makes it difficult w/out insurance. It would make a meaningful difference for me if I can get some freelance work in QA/Testing or referrals for work. If you know of any work out there, feel free to refer or contact me at qacaptain.com

True story! My disability came out of nowhere! It's neuro related & when it shows up, I'm in such incredible pain, worst pain you've ever felt, & I can barely walk. I hate dealing with this as it takes 6 months to recover!

I turned off GenAI, AI Query, & AI Summary in Adobe Acrobat. So, why are they now turned on? Please don’t do this. If you offer preferences, please respect user preferences, & don’t reset them. This only serves to frustrate users!

One of my goals when I got into tech was to create a startup. It seemed like the proper path that a lot of techies desire. After going through a ton of debilitating health issues, I’ve realized that life really is short. It’s not a cliche. It wakes you up to what is important. 👇

There is a direct correlation to pain going down to getting better sleep & feeling happy, confident, capable! Be gone pain! Today, I feel excited. I'm ready to go!

Finding 1-3 clients would be life changing for me! I’m not sure what will move the needle on that vs doing activities that spin wheels. If you’re freelance or consultant, what helped you find your first clients?

I’m trained in Computer Science & have worked in software for 20 years. I’m passionate about software quality & testing. I’ve worked with test automation for most of this time. I’m bearish on A.I. 👇

QA topics that I’m interested in: The cost of quality The cost of bugs Reducing test duplication Quality metrics Testing efficiency Psychology of quality These are my top, but the list is longer! It's an endless list of topics!

I’m looking to solve the hard & difficult QA issues. What do you think are the hardest problems in QA & software testing right now?