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WHAT SEPARATES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE IN QA/QAE/SDET/AUTOMATION FROM THE AVERAGE ONES?

This post looks at what makes people successful in QA/QAE/SDET/Automation. It covers mindsets, professional attributes, approaches to work, knowledge and growth, and personal properties. Successful candidates tend to have technical competency beyond just coding, prioritize problem-solving over pure coding ability, communicate clearly across technical leveling, take ownership of quality, have a deep understanding of the business domain, and possess a strong internal motivation. The post also shares a set of discussions gathered from various forums on the topic.

THE MAKING OF COMMUNITY NOTES

This article contains an interview with the team that built X's Community Notes feature where they discuss the design process and the philosophy behind their approach to combating false information on the platform. The idea for Community Notes started around the end of 2019 with the observation that people wanted to get accurate information on social media while there was obvious misinformation going around. The main approaches that were used by other companies at the time were slow, didn't scale well, and suffered from a fundamental trust problem - people don't want a tech company deciding what is true. Wikipedia showed that crowdsourcing was a potential solution space, and follow-up studies by the team confirmed the idea was worth implementing.

TWELVE DUDES AND A HYPE TUNNEL: SCENES FROM THE ‘SUPER BOWL FOR EXCEL NERDS'

The Microsoft Excel World Championship was held last month in the Las Vegas e-sports arena. During the event, finance professionals fluent in spreadsheets gathered to solve complex Excel puzzles in front of an audience of around 400 people, with more watching on livestream. There was a $5,000 prize. The organizer, Andrew Grigolyunovich, hopes to turn competitive Excel into a popular e-sport where pros compete for million-dollar prizes.

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