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Testing Peers is a growing community of ~60 peers in testing, software quality, agility, test leadership, engineering management, and broader software development. We’re united by a shared goal: to drive quality in everything we do within our workplaces and beyond. Through collaboration, accountability, and mutual support, we strive to elevate one another both professionally and personally. The Testing Peers podcast is now expanding beyond its original four hosts, David Maynard, Chris Armstr ...
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Welcome to another Testing Peers podcast episode. This time, join Chris, David, Richard Bradshaw and Al Goodall (whose surname Chris had some real issues remembering, sorry Al!) In this episode, the Peers talk about the role of the SDET. Is it SDEad? To break the ice, Al leads the group into a discussion about the best live albums, in our humble op…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, Chris is joined by Vernon Richards, Heather Carter and Richard Hinton to talk about career journeys and making that decision around next steps. Before that, Heather kicks off the banter by asking for 2 Truths and 1 Lie from each of the hosts. You'll need to listen to work out which o…
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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Simon and first-time host, Butch Mayhew. Ahead of the main topic, Butch asks the group about their ideal superpower. We discuss controlling time, teleportation, flying, awareness (we'll come back to that later in the episode) and Butch's idea to have…
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Welcome to episode 117 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Russell and Heather as we discuss closure and letting go! Heather kicks us off with a discussion around last-minute travel decisions and we think Russell probably wins! The Peers then jump into a discussion about letting go. Changing roles. What is your identity? Who…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, Jesper Ottosen joins Russell, David and Chris as we discuss single points of failure. As ever, we begin with our first email handles - as it turns out ours weren't so embarrassing and have persisted, but at least we break the ice! Diving into the main topic, the group quickly talk …
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, Russell, Callum Akehurst-Ryan & Leigh Rathbone as we talk on the topic of "No Testers, No Problem". Before the main topic, Callum asks the group for their favourite fictional AI. From GLaDOS, I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E., the Terminator and Max Headroom. What's your favouri…
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Thanks for joining us for episode 114 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, Ben Dowen joins Russell, David and Chris as we dive into the topic of learning fast (as a different take on failing fast). For this episode's banter, Ben asks the group about what their reasons to be cheerful are. A lot of learning, project closing and summer time activi…
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Thank you for joining us for episode 113 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, Sanne Visser & Vernon Richards join Chris & David to discuss Emotional Intelligence. By the way, if you haven't already heard - Vernon hosts the Vernon Richard show: https://www.youtube.com/@TheVernonRichardShow After Vernon's hot drinks ice-breaker we dive into the m…
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Thank you for joining us for episode 112 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time around we are talking on the topic of building testing teams, with Simon, Russell, David & Chris. The banter focuses in on favourite or memorable plot twists. Then Simon poses this hypothetical scenario - If you landed in a role and you were the first person there who …
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Thank you for joining episode 111 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time Chris, David, Dermot & Sanne talk on the theme of 'This is the way', otherwise known perhaps as the gospel according to.... Before the main discussion, Sanne asks the group about any new to the Peers recipes or restaurants, so now I'm a little hungry. *good time to pause for …
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. Chris, David, Russell and Simon talk about one of the big buzzwords in the industry at present being the term of Quality Engineering, what it means, how it differentiates from "Testing" and what it means for the future. For the banter, Russell asks us all what our favourite pizza toppings are…
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Hello friends, thank you for joining us for the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Russell, David, Chris & Dermot as we discuss Presentations. Before diving into the main event, Chris asks the group to go back in time to when they first travelled for work. Our thoughts and experiences of that, and how that will have change…
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Welcome to episode 108 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Russell, David, Callum & Dermot as they talk requirements, emergent ones at that! Before diving into the main event, Dermot kicks the Peers off with a conversation around fandom and eras, initially with Dr. Who. Moving on, the group discuss what emergent requirements are. Undocume…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris, David and Russell are joined by Bruce for this one to discuss the topic of "Square Peg, Round Hole" and how we sometimes may not always feel like we or some tools fit and how we can address those challenges. Bruce starts with the banter and asks everyone what gets them up in the morning, every…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, Simon, Chris, David and Russell look back at the huge success that was the first Testing Peers Conference held in Nottingham on 14th March. Before diving into it, David leads the banter and asks the peers about the most retro thing we all own and the Peers all reminisce with all thin…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Simon, David, Chris and Sam spend some time discussing the topic of linguistic gatekeeping and how sometimes our language can exclude people from conversations Chris starts us off with the banter topic of our experiences of "I Told You So" moments, after discussing several scenarios from our …
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Welcome to episode 104 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time around we have a special trio of Callum Akehurst-Ryan, Russell Craxford & Ben Dowen, as the Peers talk about owning your career. Callum starts us off with important banter on snackage, before we head into sharing our own career stories and discussing what owning your career means along …
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Beth Marshall joins Chris, David and Russell to discuss the topic of saying no. Chris starts with the banter, asking the peers which films they have turned off or left the cinema because they were rubbish, various films mentioned, although the northerners on the recording seem to never walk o…
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Welcome to episode 102 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time around join Tara Walton, Chris Armstrong, Russell Craxford & David Maynard, as the Peers talk about measuring. On the week of our first #PeersCon event, Tara breaks the ice, asking us our favourite and least favourite parts of conferences. Then we dive in. The team discussed the traps o…
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In this episode Rich Bradshaw, Simon, David and Chris talk all things automation. Banter this week is brought to by Rich as we discover TK Maxx is the perfect way to explain exploratory testing. We dive into our first experiences of automation, going back a while, talking about different tools, tech debt and the frustration. We talk about the joys …
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Testing Peers podcast has reached 100 episodes! Beth Marshall (10 episodes), chairs this special look back and forward episode, joined by Simon Prior (78 episodes), Russell Craxford (88), Chris Armstrong (93) and David Maynard (96). Beth skillfully guides the conversation to talk about the podcast and beyond, what are we most proud of? A few little…
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One away from the big 100, what better way to celebrate than talking about our experience with failures? Simon, Chris, Russell and David share stories of failures from their careers and what they have learned from them. Before diving into the main topic, Chris leads the banter and asks the Peers about their failures when it comes to computer games,…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. On this episode, Chris, Russell and David are joined by a new guest, Jon Robinson. The topic they all discussed was the wonders (or lack of wonder) around Meetings. Jon leads the banter and asked everyone for their weirdest/craziest meetings, this covers everything from awkward situations, to…
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Happy New Year from the Testing Peers! In this episode, the FullSnackTester, Ben Dowen joins Russell, David and Chris as we talk collaboration. Before the main event, Ben asks the group about resolutions, where the group talk about reading, fitness, cooking, answering conference calls for papers and our own conference #PeersCon, coming March 14th 2…
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Merry Christmas, season's greetings and happy holidays from the Testing Peers! Welcome to our fourth annual festive episode. Steve Watson, Tara Walton, Lena Nyström & Dermot Canniffe join Chris, Russell, David and (eventually) Simon as we engage in Would Heu-risk it? at this time of the year. Before we dive into the main event, Russell asks the Pee…
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Thank you for joining the Testing Peers for another episode. On this one, Chris, David, Simon and Russell discuss the role of the manager and whether we still need them. Before jumping in, David asks the peers what things they can't live without, we have answers from people, the internet, books and coffee machines. Simon starts the main conversatio…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Vernon and Russell as they discuss the topic of 'being not doing', the theme for the Testing Peers Conference #PeersCon, on March 14th 2024. https://testingpeerscon.com/ After breaks the ice asking us 'where is your favourite place to be?' we jump into what we me…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. The Awesome foursome back together again with the topic of fighting fires and some of the additional effort that is needed when it is all hitting the fan. Chris starts off the banter with asking us about memes we may use in the workplace, we have everything from Homer Simpson, Bryan Danielson, Barney…
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Welcome to the latest edition of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, David and Chris are joined by Dermot and also brand new host Sanne. The peers are talking about first impressions and how reputations can sometimes proceed you. Sanne starts the conversation off with a great question of "what do you friends know you best for?", for any of you th…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers, this week David, Beth, Chris and Russell. This week we focus on flow work Russell is on banter duty this week and we start with what gets us singing along to songs, it seems it doesn't take much to get us singing. How do you get into a flow state? Beth introduces the topic and David starts us off wit…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers and in what is fast becoming a rare event, the band are back together, with Russell, Chris, David and Simon all present at the same time for a recording. We decided to talk about something which has been touched upon in previous episodes, the misconceptions of the testing world and what we can do to p…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris and Simon are absent again so David and Russell are joined by 2 new guest hosts in Dermot Canniffe and Beren van Daele. Dermot asks the peers about what they have recently committed to and enjoyed regarding TV and film. A variety of answers from the latest Mission Impossible to German TV shows.…
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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Tara and Callum as we discuss the topic of feedback. Before diving into the main topic, Callum asks what type of adventurer we would be. Both Callum and Tara have a background producing content around Dungeons & Dragons from a quality perspective. Links…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This week join Russell, David, Chris and first-time host, Beth Clarke, as the Peers discuss careers in software testing. After a cuddly toy-themed opening, the group talk about paths into software testing, with the group's academic paths coming from biology, astrophysics, architecture, humani…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Tara Walton and Vernon Richards join Chris on this week's episode as we talk about content creation. Before diving into the main topic, Vernon introduces the banter topic of travelling pet peeves - familiar topics covered included comfort, fear, other people, hidden costs and more. Then we di…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join David, Chris, Simon and guest-host, Steve Watson, as we talk about red flags. Before diving into the main subject, the Peers discuss if they've ever been told that they're a lookalike for anyone famous. Diving into the topic of red flags, the Peers cover all manner of red flag…
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Welcome to episode 84 of the Testing Peers podcast. This week, Sam Nitsche joins regular hosts David, Russell and Chris as we discuss deadlines. After initially covering our relationships with deadlines while in school, we jump into the main topic, deadlines that impact, or are impacted by testing. The conversation touches deadlines as a tool, agil…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. A fully stacked panel for this episode with Simon, Russell and David being joined by Shey and Beth (shows the hole that Chris leaves when he's not around that we need to replace him with 2!). The topic for this episode was to focus on the leadership activity of delegation, looking at it from both the…
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Welcome, this week, join Russell, David, Chris and special guest host, Vernon Richards as we discuss healthy workplace expectations and if we're normal! Before diving in, the Peers discuss annoying software from ITV player to MsTeams and banks software, a lot of software seems to annoy us. Russell introduces the topic, how we balance the pressures …
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Welcome back for another episode of the Testing Peers. We are releasing this on the back of Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, which has the theme of Anxiety, so the Peers will dive into their experiences with Anxiety and how they have combatted it in the past. Before going into the main topic, Simon brings up the topic of "Peers Con" which the Pee…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast, and this release falls almost three years after episode one. Thank you for joining us on this journey. This week, regulars David and Chris are joined by Steve Watson and our first American, Tara Walton. In Peers tradition, we kick off with some banter, and Tara gets the ball rolling by asking…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Regular hosts Chris, David and Russell are joined by the Semi-Regular host Shey to discuss all about Quality Shift moments, where our understanding or perspective around aspects of testing/quality may have changed forever. Before diving into this, Chris starts the banter with looking at "aha moments"…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This week, join Russell, David, Simon and special guest host, Dan Ashby as we discuss growth as testers. Before diving in, the Peers discuss things that they have grown and taken pride in, from careers, to children, to plants. The topic is introduced by Dan, speaking to the current climate in…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers! This week, join Simon, David, Russell and (semi-regular) Shey as they talk about leadership in testing. The episode kicks off with a discussion about leadership icons outside of testing, before diving into leadership in testing. Shey shares his journey into leadership, and how he discovered unhelpful…
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Welcome to the new episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, the peers talk about experience with moving onto new opportunities. For this we had a special extended panel, joining Chris, David and Simon were Beth Marshall and Samuel Nitsche. For the banter, Chris asks us about any new equipment we've received when joining a new role which didn'…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Regulars Chris, Simon, Russell and David this week talk all things strategies. Before diving into the main topic, we talk about strategies in our home life. We then try our best to describe what is a strategy, we all have slight different yet similar definitions. We share how context impacts strategi…
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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris, Russell and David are joined by a special guest and artist of the amazing Testing Peers logo, Bruce (the Legend). Before diving into the main topic, Bruce leads the peers into a discussion about their skincare routines, do the Peers wash their faces? Do they use moisturiser? How do they improv…
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Hello and welcome to episode 73 of the Testing Peers podcast, where this week we are talking about glue work. This week, regulars Chris, David and Russell are joined by the brilliant Vernon Richards. Before diving in, Vernon asks the Peers about their favourite non-work books. Chris then introduces the main topic of glue work, shouting out to Cassa…
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elcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast, this time we have a slightly different show for you. Regular host, Chris is joined by the wonderful Heather Reid, as we look back over the brilliant article Heather wrote back in 2017 - 30 Things Every New Software Tester Should Learn on the Ministry of Testing site. Before we look back at Hea…
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Happy new year! We hope all our listeners have a great 2023. Thank you for being with us on the journey, we hope you all continue to enjoy the podcasts we provide. In relation to that, in this episode, we review what the Software Testing Market Trends are for 2023. Joining Simon, Chris and David for this episode is long time friend, fan of the podc…
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