Quality Sense Podcast: Tristan Lombard – Building Community and Lifting Others Up
Diverging from the typical topics of conversation around software quality, in this episode of Quality Sense, Federico has a conversation with one of the most friendly members of the testing community, Tristan Lombard, Community and Social Media Manager at Testim. You may have come across…
Taking Action to Promote Gender Equality – Our Journey
This International Women’s Day, our Chief People Officer, Vera Babat, shares important work we’re doing to create a fair and safe workplace Since 2019, our People Care team has focused on formalizing the actions that until now had been taking place naturally within Abstracta regarding…
Quality Sense Podcast: Stephanie Gordiola – Recruiting Software Testers
Are you looking for a new job or want to become a more hirable tester? In today’s episode of Quality Sense, Federico Toledo invites his first guest from the team at Abstracta, Stephanie Gordiola. You may recognize her on LinkedIn as the one who spreads…
Adiós 2020, But First…
Saying goodbye to a year that brought countless lessons and new challenges The end of the year is here, the perfect time to look back at what we’ve achieved, which motivates us to keep helping to make high quality software that improves people’s daily lives….
How to Keep Software Testers Motivated
Lessons for leaders on guiding others in a purpose-driven way Recently, I gave a talk at Agile Testing Days called “How to Keep Testers Motivated.” This topic is one that’s close to my heart because as COO, I manage all of Abstracta’s operations that rely…
Quality Sense Podcast: Lisi Hocke – Accountability & Conquering Personal Challenges
How to push yourself to achieve big goals, Lisi’s personal growth journey, and more Tune into this episode of Quality Sense where the conversation takes a bit of a turn! Instead of focusing on testing, Federico chats with Elisabeth Hocke aka “Lisi” about how she…
Quality Sense Podcast: Mike Lyles – Testing & Leadership
Mike shares some insights from his career and book, The Drive-Thru Isn’t Always Faster Season two of Quality Sense is here and in full swing! In the second episode, Fede chats with Mike Lyles, a speaker, author director of QA and Project Manager with over…
What is a Software Tester?
We asked testers, devs, and others what they think about testing… Here are some of their answers! First of all, why are we asking ourselves this question: What is a software tester? Well, it’s September 9th, which means it’s Software Tester Day! According to the…
Abstracta Turns 12!
Federico shares his reflections on what Abstracta means to him and all of us Today Abstracta celebrates 12 years, (a fitting topic to mark our 200th blog post)! That is, 12 years since the moment in which Matias Reina, Fabian Baptista and I took a…
17 Best Software Testing Podcasts in 2021
Podcasts for and by software testers to download and listen to any time Podcasting has been around since 2004, but now in 2020, it’s safe to say that we’ve entered the golden age for podcasting. According to Podcast Insights, there are over one million active…
Best Software Testing Conferences for 2020 (Updated for Covid-19)
Which top testing conferences can you still participate in this year? Given the current pandemic due to the novel coronavirus, the events industry is one of the worst impacted, as governments around the world are advising citizens to adhere to social distancing measures, rendering face…
Coronavirus Exposure Notification Apps From a Tester’s Perspective
What are the risks involved with these apps and are they worth it? As we mentioned before in this article, the Uruguayan Presidential Office has teamed up with several local institutions and companies in the development of its official website and application to fight COVID-19,…
How a Band of Tech Companies is Helping to Face COVID-19 in Uruguay
Chatbots and a telemedicine app are some of the tools the local tech community is providing to help the Uruguayan government care for its citizens For almost every country in the world, the arrival of the COVID-19 has posed a tremendously large challenge to create…
Video: Managing Your Fully Remote Team in Times of Crisis
Vera Babat lends her advice on how to help others navigate working remotely while coping with the global pandemic Inside Abstracta, due to the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), we’re facing a time of a drastic and rapid culture change, as we move our work and daily…
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