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About @Beaglesays

Welcome friend, please stay a while and have a browse at the articles on my blog. If you feel inclined to add a word or two yourself, your feedback is much appreciated. In case you’re wondering about the name of this blog, @Beaglesays, it’s…

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Professional History

I am an established, highly competent software tester with over 16 years of testing and leading experience. I have experience in both Waterfall and Agile development environments. I am currently employed by Travelport as a Senior Test Engineer working on Locomote, a corporate travel…

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My Social Commitments

I’ve been fortunate to stumble into software testing. It has provided me with a lot of fun, some travel and I’ve learnt a lot. I’ve met many, many interesting people. I’ve had a number of careers across my lifetime but testing is the only…

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The Myths of Testing

I find it interesting how themes can pop up and attract attention on social media. Sometimes when I see a theme that is misguided, I’ll sometimes chip in, other times I’ll just shrug. A theme I see pop up reasonably often is the one…

Posted on January 8, 2023 by Paul Seaman

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Testing and Prevention – The Illusion

In what is my first blog post for quite a while I’m going to look at the notion that “testers prevent defects”. I see this claim made by non-testers talking about testing (yes “agile” I’m looking at you as well as your coaches), professional…

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Paul Seaman

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The thrill of testing

I gave myself 60 minutes to write a blog about my day and the excitement that testing brings me. For better or worse, here it is. I’ve written in previous posts and articles that I find testing enormously satisfying and challenging. Every challenge is…

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Paul Seaman

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