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I spent a good amount of my college career hanging out at Cem Kaner’s house talking testing and sipping homemade lattes. And boy, Cem makes a mean latte! But before all this, in the beginning when I first started working with Cem, he generously invited me to a few of his LAWST style peer-workshops. I didn’t think I could participate given my level of experience at the time, but I ended up making an impression on the people there. They eventually started growling at me, and started calling me and a few fellow students “wolves” because we would sink our teeth into problems and not let go. I took the name and ran with it, and am now “one of the wolves,” referring to how I was brought up in the testing world. The name is a testament of my ability (or at least their opinion of it) as well as a token of appreciation for the people who graciously welcomed me to their community. Thank you, Cem and all.

3 Comments so far

  1. KE @ March 20th, 2007

    I Like your site James

  2. John McConda @ July 16th, 2007

    Nice blog Tim! You should get it included in TestingReflections.com I think you would get a wider audience there.

  3. Scott Barber @ July 31st, 2007

    Tim,

    I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it many times again — Everything you write, every question you ask, and every comment you share proves several things:

    1) We “super-geek, mega-experienced, hyper-studied testers” are not living out in some fantasy world that only we can understand.

    2) All testers need to keep up with the so-called “thought-leaders” is a passion for testing and an open mind.

    3) No matter how many years/experiences our junior, you belong every bit as much as the rest of us.

    Keep up the blogging - Your voice will have more influence with more people than I suspect you can currently imagine.

    Scott

    Scott Barber
    Chief Technologist, PerfTestPlus
    VP Operations & Executive Director, Association for Software Testing
    http://www.perftestplus.com
    http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org
    sbarber@perftestplus.com

    “If you can shape it in your mind…
    you can find it in your life.”

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