“If we are to preserve culture, we must continue to create it” — Johan Huizinga You work in different teams, you visit several places and each one has it’s own culture. You dislike some and you adore some. …

One pleasant evening, a message popped in my inbox — “Job Offer received! Thanks for all the guidance, I owe it to you.” While ‘Owing it to me’ is a huge compliment to accept, but it gave me immense pleasure to be part of such a success story. …

Every year, as the day marked special in calendar for women known as “Women’s day” comes, we engage in talking about Women Empowerment for that entire week and as the week passes by, so do the words. This time, I feel it needs to be different and concrete in sustainable…

Sharing something very personal today. I had started with very low monetary benefits, bare minimum to pay my food and mega sharing shelter dorm. Note that, I liked my work and absolutely loved my mentors in team who were always encouraging however there was something missing One — First needs…

No matter how many good articles we read on - “how testers can contribute in a hackathon”, we observe that a very few of us end up appearing in any hackathon (internal or external). Pick any hackathon, among many reasons for not attending, the most common one is — we…

‘Oh damn! this build is not testable’ How many times have you encountered situations where you utter or hear these words? An impulsive question back of your mind ‘Why can’t they do basic testing once before giving the build?’ Or worst, why did this simple flow broke in the production? Then…

It’s time when my hungry stomach starts clamouring ‘Come on Pooja, let’s go home & fill me up!!!’. Thinking about the paneer butter masala 🎃 ready at home, I start packing my bag. Suddenly, I notice my CTO’s generally energetic face, expressing a gloom of some kind. My curiosity puts…