S3E4 - Erika Chestnut - The role of test automation in Calendly's test strategy

In this episode I had a conversation with Erika Chestnut, Head of QA at Calendly. She started her career as a developer, but after complaining about quality a few times too many, she found herself learning more about software testing. Today she is a Quality Coach, mentor, consultant, and a keynote speaker. Listen to the episode to learn about how test automation plays a role in Calendly’s test strategy, and as with every guest, her advice for testers on good habits, recommended reads, and more. Episode Highlights: - How Erika first learned about testing and why she is passionate about it - Building a solid foundation for automation - Pros and cons of having the developers at Calendly drive test automation - How they align the developer’s test automation efforts with non-automated testing driven by the testers in order to cover what’s important at the different layers and to avoid duplicate tests - Involving DevOps and Customer Experience to perform stakeholder testing Check out relevant links and the transcript of the show here: https://abstracta.us/blog/podcast/erika-chestnut-calendly-test-automation/

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Making sense of software quality... that’s what testers aim to do and that’s what this podcast is all about. Join Abstracta COO, Federico Toledo, PhD as he dares to interview some of his role models and industry leaders who are awesome at what they do to get advice that can help us be better testers and enable our teams to create higher quality software. Expect insights on today’s most pressing topics and good practices from the creators and collaborators of your favorite software testing tools, methodologies, conferences, etc. An Uruguayan in Silicon Valley, you’ll also hear Federico share his views from over 15 years of training testers and working with clients like CA Technologies and Shutterfly.