“C’mon, you’ve got to be kidding! How can it be a feature? It’s just wrong!”
“Rubbish! You just can’t understand it. It’s supposed to work that way!”
And so saying, my colleague in Production walks off in a huff shaking his head at my supreme ‘thickness’. I, on my part, throw my hands up in exasperation and mentally shudder at the utter lack of quality understanding that permeates through my team.
That was me, half a decade ago. I was only two years old in the corporate industry and was still finding my feet. I had idealistic views and a very black-and-white concept...
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1000 words Corporate/Software Testing US publication
“This is superb!” I said licking my rapidly melting ice-cream cone.
Mona pointed to a small mysterious tent situated in a corner of the carnival grounds. “Hey, what’s that?”
“Hmm. ‘Hocus-Pocus’. Sounds interesting. Let’s have a look,” Preeti suggested.
“Don’t be silly. It is past seven o’clock and already dark. We ought to go back now,” said Vaayu. “Besides, it’s getting cold. And I certainly don’t fancy poking around in your rotten old tents with Jack Frost nipping at my toes–“
“Nose,” Mona said.
“Toes!” Vaayu said, “in the middle of the day–”
“Nose, my dear,” Mona corrected again, “and anyway...
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