There are a ton of development blogs out there. We all read many of them.
But a good QA (Quality Assurance, aka Quality Engineering, Quality Control, or just testing) blog is hard to find. Do you know of any, by the way?
My current favorite QA blog is called Abakas, and it's written by Catherine Powell. Her recent post, on what makes a good tester, is a fine example of why I like the blog.
She takes on tough issues, handles them well, writes clearly, and has a very realistic outlook. She's not a dogmatic, process czar type of QA person. We don't have anyone like that at HubSpot, thankfully.
To summarize Catherine's points, a good QA engineer must be:
- Curious
- Detail-sifting
- Able to translate
- Have good memory
- Logical
Read more on Abakas.