Laid off? Or know someone who was? How do you navigate it or help someone navigate it?In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to April Johnson, a change manager who recently experienced a layoff. April shares her experience and offers advice for others going through a similar situation. You'll learn about the importance of reaching out to your network, the power of community, taking care of yourself, and being open to new opportunities. Find April on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apriljohnson/Mentions and resources:April's article on layoffs: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-get-decide-change-even-were-forced-april-johnsonWomen Go Tech program in Lithuania: https://womengotech.com/Book: Orville Pierson - "The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the World's Leading Career Services Company: The Proven Program Use"If you liked this episode, you may as well enjoy this past episode of Quality Bits:Finding Your WHY with Dr. Rochelle Carrhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/13436222Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesIf you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨

APIs - what are they? What should we keep in mind when testing an API? What are the benefits of API testing over UI testing?This episode's guest is Callum Akehurtst-Ryan, a principal test engineer at Chetwood Finance, who is on a mission to educate more testers (and not only) about APIs and their testing. Not only you're going to learn what APIs are, how to test them, or where to start, but also hear Lina and Callum discuss the terms technical vs. non-technical. If API testing sounds like a challenge, then this episode will help you by simplifying sometimes overcomplicated terms and leaving you inspired to learn more. Find Callum on:LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/cakehurstryanCallum's website: https://cakehurstryan.com/Mentions and resources:Callum's article "A Beginners Guide to API Testing": https://cakehurstryan.com/2023/07/26/a-beginners-guide-to-api-testing/Postman: https://www.postman.com/Postman's courses on API testing: https://academy.postman.com/page/course-catalogSwagger: https://swagger.io/If you liked this episode and would like to dig deeper into a type of API testing - contract testing that Callum mentions, check out this past episode of Quality Bits:Contract Testing with Lewis Prescotthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12402778Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨

Do you remember your childhood dreams? What did you want to be when you grew up? How did you imagine your life? Dr. Rochelle Carr is a coach and speaker on a mission to shift people's lives and encourage them to rediscover their why: the guiding light purpose which sparks joy in whatever we do. In this episode, Lina talks to Dr. Rochelle about finding your why, escaping society's "mold" on who we should be, drafting an "exit plan," and learning from failures. Find Dr. Rochelle on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrochellecarr/Twitter: https://twitter.com/drrochellecarr Path to Empowerement website: https://pfempowerment.com/ Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@linazubyteTwitter: https://twitter.com/buggylinaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! ✨

What makes an effective 1-on-1? What are the key aspects of valuable 1-on-1s? Is there a difference between a leader and a manager? Why does the language we use matter?Tune in to this episode to learn more from Farai Madzima. Farai is a people leader who challenges our misconceptions about 1-on-1s and shares valuable tips on making these meetings much more helpful. In addition, during the conversation, Lina used the word "superior" instead of "supervisor" or "manager," and that sparked some interesting discussions on the significance of the language and different cultures people come from.Find Farai on:LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/farai/Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyfaraiFarai's website: https://faraimadzima.com/ Mentions and resources:Farai's newsletter: https://www.heyfarai.com/newsletter/Farai's article on 1-on-1s from his newsletter: https://www.heyfarai.com/im-1-wait-did-we-agree-on-why-we-need-1-1-meetings/Recap of Farai's "Working with Strangers well" session: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/sunday-rewind-working-with-strangers-well-by-farai-madzima/ Seth Godin: https://www.sethgodin.com/Lina's summary of "Nonviolent Communication" book: https://qualitybits.tech/writing/book-impressions-nonviolent-communicationBooks:"Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life" by Marshall B. Rosenberg"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable" by Patrick M. LencioniIf you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:Radical Candor: Effective Feedback and Helping People We Work with Shine with Amy Sandlerhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12259658Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

User experience (UX) research is a field that can help us prevent issues before they take place. Greta Ruskiene knows this first-hand: she used to work as a QA and made a career shift to UX with time.In this episode, we discuss UX research, the art of question-asking, and how frequently, even when we truly believe we know our users, we may not. Find Greta on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greta-ru%C5%A1kien%C4%97-53183a55/Mentions and resources:WomenGoTech mentoring program: https://womengotech.com/On sunk-cost fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costFigma: https://www.figma.com/Paul C. Nutt - "Why Decisions Fail"Conferences:Figma's conference: https://config.figma.com/Zeplin conferences: https://zeplin.io/harmony/HFI conference: https://hfi.training/na/thinkers-invited/eventsGoogle UX design certificate: https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalworkshop-eu/course/gccs-ux-designUX research repository: https://condens.io/ux-research-repository/WIX UX mentorship: https://www.wixuxmentorship.com/Meetups in Lithuania:Fresh meetups: https://www.facebook.com/freshmeetups/ UX Salon: https://www.meetup.com/ux-salon-vilnius/ UX Writer Talks: https://www.meetup.com/wix-vilnius-ux-writer-talks/If you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:Creating Valuable Products with Andrea Siposhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/12123103Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

What's the difference between observability and monitoring? What's a telemetry? Why do they matter, and how could we use them more beneficially? Abby Bangser shares her journey from a QA to a platform engineer in this episode. We discuss the similarities between testing and infrastructure-related areas like site reliability engineering. In addition, Abby explains observability and shares some sound advice regarding implementing it.Find Abby on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbybangser/- Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@abangser- Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_bangserMentions and resources:Abby's talk on measuring quality in production at Ministry of Testing (free sign up is enough to access it): https://www.ministryoftesting.com/talks/567372c2?s_id=14698896 Abby's course on Test Automation University - Introduction to Observability for Test Automation: https://testautomationu.applitools.com/observability-for-test-automation/ThoughtWorks graph showing different roles and overlaps by Laura PatersonSome more fun readings suggested by Abby:https://oschvr.com/posts/what-id-like-as-sre/https://blog.alicegoldfuss.com/how-to-get-into-sre/https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2021/08/13/root-cause-of-failure-root-cause-of-success/https://www.learningfromincidents.io/https://kratix.iocncf.io/blog/2023/04/11/announcing-a-white-paper-on-platforms-for-cloud-native-computing/https://www.syntasso.io/post/the-12-platform-challenges-recapIf you liked this episode, you may enjoy this one:Testing in Production with Rouan Wilsenach https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11623978 Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

With over a decade in data-related roles, working with Data Science, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and MLOps Engineering, Aurimas Griciūnas is a great role model for many people wanting to learn more about data. The author of the SwirlAI newsletter with over 7000 subscribers, Aurimas' posts with visuals explaining data have reached many more people on LinkedIn.In this episode, Aurimas shares valuable insights about what working with data means. Is it just a trend to be data-driven, or, a reality? Are all the data products big data products? Who and how should help define good business success metrics? Tune in to learn the answers to these questions and much more. Find Aurimas on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aurimas-griciunas/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aurimas_Gr- SwirlAI newsletter: https://www.newsletter.swirlai.com Mentions and resources:Chat GPT: https://chat.openai.com/Tools to help with data quality:Great Expectations: https://greatexpectations.iodbt-expectations: https://github.com/calogica/dbt-expectationsOn techniques for testing Machine Learning Models:A/B testing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testingMulti-arm bandits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_banditFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

We've all worked with "heroes," great professionals who frequently "save the day" in the company. What if we'd instead prevent the day from needing the saving altogether? Dan Abel believes in 10x teams rather than 10x engineers. Listen to this episode to learn more about it and what aspects to concentrate on when setting up the teams for success.Find Dan on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-abel/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/twicezer0- Dan's 10x Teams website: https://ten-x.team- Dan's blog: https://engineeringandcareering.co.uk/Mentions and resources:Dan's 10x Teams initial article: https://ten-x.team/2023/02/22/build-10x-teams-for-delivery-effectiveness/Article on unblocking meetings: https://www.spydergrrl.com/2019/08/the-unstuck-meeting-safe-failure-space.html"Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words" by Randall Munroe"Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari"The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness" by Steve PetersTeam topologies: https://teamtopologies.com/Dunbar's theories:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooming,_Gossip_and_the_Evolution_of_Languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_numberFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

It's no surprise that this episode's guest Lewis Prescott has a website called "pactman". Pact is a popular contract testing tool, and Lewis is indeed a man who can tell quite a bit about Pact and contract testing. In this conversation, you'll learn more about contract testing, its benefits, misconceptions, and where to start.  Find Lewis on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-prescott-12409a44/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/WuigPrescott- Lewis' website: https://www.pactman.co.uk/Mentions and resources:Spotify Testing Honeycomb model: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2018/01/testing-of-microservices/Pactflow's Bi-Directional Contract Testing: https://pactflow.io/bi-directional-contract-testing/Lewis' How To Start API Contract Testing Podcast: https://www.pactman.co.uk/contract-testing-podcastYoutube video that was Lewis' first intro to contract testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ0UGY2-YYIFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

Amy Sandler is a lead coach and podcast host at Radical Candor. Most of the people in tech (and not only) know the Radical Candor framework and its bestselling book. In this story-fuelled podcast episode, you'll learn what the Radical Candor framework is, why dreams matter, what communication mistakes we make and how to avoid them, and how to give effective feedback and help people we work with shine.Find Amy on:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amysandler/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/amysandler- Amy's Website: https://www.amysandler.com/Mentions and resources: "Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity" by Kim ScottRadical Candor Podcast: https://www.radicalcandor.com/candor-podcast/ On CORE feedback model: https://www.radicalcandor.com/core-feedback/ "Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential" by Dr. Carol DweckLinks to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

Aleksandra Kornecka turned from a QA into a Security Engineer. In this episode, Lina talks to Aleksandra to learn more about this switch, the importance of security, and its parallels with quality. You'll learn about threat modeling, where to start when learning more about security, and so much more, including some anecdotes referencing the most famous hacker in pop culture - Mr. Robot.Find Aleksandra on:- Her Website: https://aleksandrakornecka.com/- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandrakornecka/Mentions and resources:Elevation of privilege: https://github.com/adamshostack/eopOWASP: https://owasp.org/projects/Free Cyber Security Certification Training: https://www.isc2.org/Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

Are you curious about the behind-the-scenes workings of product development? Want to know who's really responsible for the products we build and how to ensure they're valuable? Tune in to this episode of our podcast, where we sit down with guest Andrea Sipos, a seasoned product manager who shares her insights and expertise on the role of a product manager, the differences between product and project management, and the importance of a collaborative team effort in creating successful products. Andrea worked at various companies, such as Prezi, Skyscanner, and Oda, and also served as the Head of Product at OptiMonk. She works as a freelance product manager with companies like LABA and Craft.Join us for an enlightening and informative conversation that will give you a deeper understanding of the product management and development process.Find Andrea on: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/AASipos- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasiposb/Mentions and references:Quality Bits episode with Nadine Oldorf about building the right product mentioning Continuous Discovery: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11279363Quality Bits episode with Rouan Wilsenah mentioning courage as Extreme Programming value: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11623978 Andrea's book and article recommendations:"INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love" by Marty Cagan "Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making" by Tony FadellTeresa Torres's blog: https://www.producttalk.org/Lenny Rachitsky's Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyteThank you for listening! 

Testing in production: scary abnormality or familiar regularity? In this episode, Lina talks to Rouan about the role of a QA that is more than testing and testing in production. You'll hear about the misconceptions of testing in production, the requirements for reliable testing in production, and even how to clean up your messy alerting systems. Find Rouan on: - His website: https://www.rouanw.com- Twitter: https://twitter.com/rouanw- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rouanw/Mentions and references:Rouan's website with ideas for more interesting standups: https://funstandups.com Quality Bits episode with Steve Upton on the definition of quality: https://qualitybits.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11248422Rouan's article about the QA role "Is QA dead?": https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/qa-deadTesting in Production:Rouan's article on Martin Fowler's blog: https://martinfowler.com/articles/qa-in-production.htmlElizabeth Hendrickson on Agile Testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqi_T2B8DvYKent Beck on Facebook Engineering Process: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2020/12/10/facebook-engineering-process-with-kent-beck-repeat/ Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Thank you for listening! 

It's the 10th episode of Quality Bits! 🎉That calls for a celebration, so here are four quality bits of... Quality Bits! Lina shares her favorite parts of conversations with four inspiring previous guests. Starting off, you'll hear Finn Lorbeer sharing about his experimentation of removing a QA column (all while working as a QA himself). Then Maaret Pyhäjärvi's ideas on growth and the whole team quality approach. Followed by Amy Weidner's thoughts on creating inclusive workspaces. Lastly, Steve Upton will finish with a bang on why best practice is not a term he likes. Full episodes:Finn: Removing QA Column, Driving Change and Nurturing Fun in Teams with Finn LorbeerMaaret: Bandwidth to Grow: Supporting Growth and Change with Maaret PyhäjärviAmy: Creating Inclusive Workspaces with Amy WeidnerSteve: Quality, Cynefin and bugs with Steve UptonFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Thank you for listening! Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.

Infrastructure as code - is it possible to test it? What opportunities are there in cloud? How can code standards support us in building high-quality products? About all this and more listen to this episode of Quality Bits with Daniel Mohacsi, DevOps Lead at Lufthansa Systems Hungary. Find Daniel on: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani-mohácsi-0604a652/References:Tools supporting testing of infrastructure:Molecule for Ansible: https://molecule.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Open Policy Agent: https://www.openpolicyagent.orgKyverno - Kubernetes Native Policy Management: https://kyverno.ioHadolint - Docker file linter: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolintDive - explore Docker files and find duplicates: https://github.com/wagoodman/diveDependabot: https://github.com/dependabotOther mentions:On commit messages: https://github.blog/2022-06-30-write-better-commits-build-better-projectsLlewellyn Falco's talk which compares airplanes with software -  Zero Day Bugs and the Business Risk of Long Deploy Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRP4BO8pA8M Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Thank you for listening! 

What it's like to work in game industry? Is testing games just fun and games? In this episode of Quality Bits, you'll get a chance to learn the answers to these questions and so much more. Lina talks to Stuart Crocker who is currently working as a Head of Quality Engineering with no... quality engineer roles, has plenty of stories to share about game testing, and even the use of machine learning in testing.Find Stuart on: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-crocker-a9a5233/- His blog: https://dragonsforelevenses.com- Twitter: https://twitter.com/StooCrockFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Thank you for listening! 

In this episode, Lina talks to the feedback fairy, a well-known voice in the testing (and not only) community - Maaret Pyhäjärvi about the different readiness for changes in team and supporting the growth journeys.Find Maaret on: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maaret/- Her website: https://maaretp.com- Mastodon: https://mas.to/@maaretpBook recommendations: "Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity" by Kim ScottLinks to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Thank you for listening! 

"Companies have to have zero tolerance for racism. Zero tolerance for sexism. Zero tolerance for homophobia." - Amy WeidnerAmy is a DE&I Program Manager at Twitter with an extensive experience in recruitment. In this episode, Lina and Amy discuss privilege sharing, culture fit vs. culture add, and how we can improve our workspaces. Find Amy on: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amweidner/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/amyweidMentioned articles and resources:Avoiding the Culture Trap: https://designingforscale.com/avoiding-the-culture-trap/Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?: https://hbr.org/2013/08/why-do-so-many-incompetent-menLina's Inclusion Matters article series: https://qualitybits.tech/writing/inclusion/Rooney Rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_RuleAkala on Black on Black violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soim1n4nFaQ&ab_channel=TheGuardian Book recommendations: "Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race" by Renni Eddo-LodgeLinks to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Thank you for listening! 

Ever joined a new company? I bet. The start is always challenging, and as Angela Riggs says "you have to learn to learn". In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina and Angela discuss the feelings you may face in a new workplace, the job of a QA manager, setting boundaries, and management practices which support the high-quality product building teams. Find Angela on: - Her website: https://angelariggs.github.io/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngelaRiggs_- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelariggs/Resources:Change management / people change management:Lara Hogan's blog post on desk moves and human emotions: https://larahogan.me/blog/desk-moves/Paloma Medina's BICEPS model: https://www.palomamedina.com/bicepsOn the discomfort of change: https://kathkeating-cto.medium.com/becoming-comfortable-with-change-4a27526fa0a7Communication and feedback:Conditions for meaningful feedback: https://medium.com/@royrapoport/why-wont-you-talk-to-me-f30a01a1994cFeedback equation: https://larahogan.me/blog/feedback-equation/Platform teams:Framing of knowing who your customers are: https://matt-schellhas.medium.com/how-to-run-a-department-that-people-mostly-dont-hate-e78c5ce22f59Book recommendations:"Resilient Management" by Laura Hogan"The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change" by Camille Fournier"Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well" by  Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen"Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager" by Michael LoppLinks to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchasesFollow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Thank you for listening! 

In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to a QA-turned-Director-of-Engineering Finn Lorbeer about his past days of ripping off the QA column as a QA, the differences in driving change when you're a team member versus in a leadership position, and why having fun in the team matters. Find Finn on: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/finnlorbeer- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorbeer/Reading recommendations for some mentioned concepts:Double Diamond design process model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Diamond_(design_process_model) On quality specialists: https://finnlor.beer/2016/07/07/are-we-only-test-manager/Finn's website with writings: https://finnlor.beer/author/finnvonfriesland/Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.Thank you for listening!