tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post4931240803381087131..comments2023-09-01T13:36:59.610+05:30Comments on Tester Tested !: Curiosity (,s)kills (and) bad testersPradeep Soundararajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-87954311560924449852007-07-10T16:39:00.000+05:302007-07-10T16:39:00.000+05:30@Debasis,Awesome! I enjoyed a lot and could not co...@Debasis,<BR/><BR/>Awesome! I enjoyed a lot and could not control my laughter and happiness to see you be that curious about things.<BR/><BR/>However, as you are a matured tester, I expect you to put a mask to cover your face and insert a non living thing into the fan and not your fingers anymore.<BR/><BR/>Safety is important, especially when you are growing to become a good tester.Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-83092854876744980012007-07-10T15:52:00.000+05:302007-07-10T15:52:00.000+05:30Hi Pradeep,I have a little story to share about cu...Hi Pradeep,<BR/><BR/>I have a little story to share about curiosity. It is about a 7-8 year kid. One day his dad had bought a new table fan to beat the scorching summer heat! As a kid it was a new thing for the kid and made him curious. He was wondering how the blades almost disappear (!) once they start the fan! However, he could not investigate more into it as he was strictly warned NOT to go near the fan.<BR/><BR/>But the kid was so excited to know the secret of the disappearing blades that the very same afternoon, when everybody else were taking a nap, stealthily he went near the fan. It was ON and the blades were almost invisible! In an attempt to check (test!) if the blades had actually disappeared he inserted a finger through the grill and the rest of the story is a painful memory. :)<BR/><BR/>Fast Forward 17-18 years: Today when someone (my manager, a colleague, a friend) pats on my back encouraging me for the good work in testing, I can't help looking at the scar on my finger and smile. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding me of an old memory. Happy Testing...<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Debasis,<BR/><A HREF="http://software-testing-zone.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Software Testing Zone</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-27743902499038943552007-07-03T13:56:00.000+05:302007-07-03T13:56:00.000+05:30@Victor,I too was curious why isn't Victor comment...@Victor,<BR/><BR/>I too was curious why isn't Victor commenting on my previous post and then wrote a post to make him curious enough to add a comment :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-79766389380171342962007-07-03T13:10:00.000+05:302007-07-03T13:10:00.000+05:30:).Yesterday I was curious: What happened to Prade...:).<BR/><BR/>Yesterday I was curious: What happened to Pradeep, he did not write anything for some time now. Perhaps I should email him and ask how he is doing.<BR/><BR/>Then I came here, and saw this :).<BR/><BR/>Again, nice work.<BR/><BR/>Good luck,<BR/>VictorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-46909479497931921002007-06-28T11:33:00.000+05:302007-06-28T11:33:00.000+05:30@Ben Simo,Thanks for sharing wonderful stuff.Thoma...@Ben Simo,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing wonderful stuff.<BR/><BR/>Thomas Alva Edison used his colleagues beard hair as a filament while experimenting with the bulb and I am sure he must have been a very curious person to do that.<BR/><BR/>I suggest all people to watch the movie "Edison - The Man". This movie changed my life downside up!<BR/>( http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Man-Spencer-Tracy/dp/6302208912)<BR/><BR/><BR/>It was during 1996,when I was considered to be dumb by more than half of the people I knew that this movie "Edison - The Man" was aired in TNT Movies midnight 2 AM IST. My dad woke me up and insisted that I see this movie. I saw the movie and at the end, I cried. I now realize why I cried - I was born again and now I am just a 11 year old kid!<BR/><BR/>There are several re-birth stories that I have had, which makes me a kid always and hence as kids have a virtue of being curious, here I am... one of the most curious tester.<BR/><BR/>Hey look! Ben made me curious about Voltaire :). I think I am going to cry again ;-)Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-25331167267688733782007-06-28T03:30:00.000+05:302007-06-28T03:30:00.000+05:30Great stuff Pradeep. I think it was Voltaire tha...Great stuff Pradeep. I think it was <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire" REL="nofollow">Voltaire </A> that said we should measure a man by his questions, not his answers. Curiosity that leads to questions is essential for good testing.<BR/><BR/>A great thinker has some great things to say about curiosity.<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>* "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."<BR/><BR/>* “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”<BR/><BR/>* "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality."<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Who was this thinker? <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_einstein" REL="nofollow">Albert Einstein</A><BR/><BR/>Great testers are great thinkers. Great thinkers are curious. If they weren't they wouldn't be asking the questions that lead them to think and they would not be thinking the thoughts that lead them to question.<BR/><BR/>Great testing is not driven by process and tools. Great testing is driven by curiosity-driven thought.<BR/><BR/>Great testers are passionately curious in spite of their education as the examine and question the structure of what they test.<BR/><BR/>Ben Simo<BR/><A HREF="http://QualityFrog.com" REL="nofollow">QualityFrog.com</A>Ben Simohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11448600123169359955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-42918428942300686532007-06-27T14:55:00.000+05:302007-06-27T14:55:00.000+05:30@Anonymous,Thank you!@ Ganesh,Thank you for coming...@Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Thank you!<BR/><BR/>@ Ganesh,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for coming back. I'd be more grateful to you if you also make your friends and acquaintances to also come here.Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-9782679526539251052007-06-27T14:49:00.000+05:302007-06-27T14:49:00.000+05:30Hi Pradeep, I came across your blog recently. I mu...Hi Pradeep, I came across your blog recently. I must admit that your posts makes me come back to your blog again and again couple of times in a month. <BR/><BR/>I enjoy reading your posts, keep up the good work. All the best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-61113140243792884022007-06-27T07:47:00.000+05:302007-06-27T07:47:00.000+05:30I doubt if you can show me a great tester who isn'...<I>I doubt if you can show me a great tester who isn't curious about things but I can take a bet - "show me a bad tester, I shall help you discover a lack of curiosity in him". [ he might be curious on something else that doesn't help in testing]</I><BR/><BR/>Fantastic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-7157343132519774112007-06-26T14:25:00.000+05:302007-06-26T14:25:00.000+05:30@ One of the Indian tester,Thanks for the comment....@ One of the Indian tester,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment. I must admit that this post too had grammatical mistakes that I cleared after a day of posting.<BR/><BR/>I am happy to know that you enjoy and learn from the posts and I re-iterate that I take a couple of hours for one post and my curiosity makes me question "Is this post good enough?"<BR/><BR/>God certainly has been blessing me with readers like you.Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-81820575079820945552007-06-26T13:14:00.000+05:302007-06-26T13:14:00.000+05:30Pradeep, U have created gr8 curiousity through ur ...Pradeep, U have created gr8 curiousity through ur blog and this arctile makes me more curious about me (as a tester).<BR/><BR/>I will say one thing from heart OK...there is so much u are learning and not many are sharing like you and you write in good way. i like all and touch me directly. God bless you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com