QA Words of Wisdom

* FAME! I wanna test forever! I want to get to the bug. FAME!
* I know one thing. Indecision may or may not be my problem.
* This is not a bug. It’s a feature! (Product Manager’s Dictionary)
* Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.
* Never say “Oooops” … always say “Ahhh, interesting…”
* Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out
* Weiler’s Law says that nothing is impossible for those who don’t have to do it themselves.
* Developer when code doesn’t work: ‘I thought I fixed that.’
* Developer when code doesn’t work: ‘It works, but it hasn’t been tested.’
* “Shhh!!! Be vewwy vewwy quiet! I’m hunting bugs!”
* Going to add a bug ??? remember !!! the QA team is always the last one at the door
* Ok, UNICODE is…. Wait, which Unicode are you talking about?
* Klingon software does not have bugs. It has features, and those features are too sophisticated for a Romulan pig like you to understand.
* Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.
* If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
* Testing can only prove the presence of bugs, not their absence.
* A known bug is better than an unknown feature.
* Real Programmers don’t comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to read.

Source:http://blog.utest.com/qa-words-of-wisdom/2009/04/

How to Kill Your Excuses

We all make excuses.

But the successful ones are those who can kill the excuses like the miserable maggots they are.

I’m too tired. I don’t have the time. I don’t feel motivated. I’d rather do nothing. I don’t have the money, equipment, space. I can’t because …

We’ve all made the excuses. Here’s how to kill them.

1. See the positive. Excuses are usually made because we don’t feel like doing something — we’re accentuating the negative. Instead, see the fun in something, the joy in it. And maintain a positive attitude, or you’ll never beat the excuses.
2. Take responsibility. Excuses are ways to get out of owning up to something. If we don’t have the time, money, equipment, etc., then it’s not our fault, right? Wrong. Take responsibility, and own the solution.
3. Find a solution. Just about every problem has a solution. Don’t have time? Start with just 5-10 minutes. Make the time. Wake earlier. Do it during lunch. Don’t have a gym membership? Workout at home or in the office. Don’t have the energy? Do it when you have higher levels of energy. You’re smart. Figure out the solution.
4. See your goal. This is your motivation — your reason for doing it. Sure, you could just lay on the couch, but if you think about why you really want to pursue a goal, you’ll be motivated. Visualize that goal and just get started.
5. Be accountable. Have a workout partner, a project partner, a team, someone to report to. If you have to meet a coach or partner, you’re more likely to do something.
6. Go ahead and make your excuses. Then do it anyway.
7. Watch this. Then go an do it.

A good article i was reading on the net.

link:http://zenhabits.net/2009/06/how-to-kill-your-excuses/