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Working in big teams or companies often feels like being a small screw in a big mechanism. Contribution of an individual may seem minor, but all together we move the whole software process forward. However, behind the facade of balanced teamwork one can find a complex web of personal interests and moods. As a tester, you may often face situations when personal and professional boundaries blur, which may lead to a conflict affecting your own productivity and overall team atmosphere. In this podcast, we’d like to touch upon the causes of conflicts from a tester’s perspective and talk about some strategies that could help to manage these conflicts effectively.This podcast is based on a fresh article The Communication Fix: How to Turn Conflicts into Opportunities by Alina Yuiko recently published on WeAreCommunity platform.

In this cozy episode, based on a fresh article Behind the Avatar: Cozy Desk of a QA Engineer by Alina Yuiko recently published on WeAreCommunity platform, we'll peek behind the MS Teams avatar and take a glance at what a tester's desk looks like. Don’t expect serious reflections or deep conclusions from this article, just relax and have some fun.

This episode is inspired by an insightful article we have recently published on WeAreCommunity platform on "How to Find Perfect Balance Between Project and Non-Project Activities" authored by Alina Yuiko. In this episode, we'll explore a practical approach to striking that delicate balance of project and non-project activities in that busy environment filled with tight deadlines, bug reports, test cases creation, automated testing scripts, and meetings.