Open Lecture by James Bach on Software Testing

Amazing content, James Bach is an absolute joy to listen to.
He is able to engage so well with the audience and is always trying to be as most practical as possible.

Great speaker!!! Great Person! Winderful material!!!

it is so hard to listen him at the first half. the second part is brilliant.

Awesome! My father used to be in charge of writing the software for all the store tills in WHSmith in the UK. When a developer came to him with a new release, he would load it up and them mash as many keys as possible at the same time. When it crashed he gave it back. The dev would look at him puzzled. It turns out that female checkout operators would lean over the till to scan products in a basket with a barcode wand (before scanners) and inadvertently mash the keys with their breasts which crashed the till. No joke this is true!

It is 2023 and this is still a great lecture!!!

Inspired me to keep forward and to become a good tester! Thank you!

Просто превосходно ! Очень интересно рассказывает !

Who he criticized at the begining? i didn't understand

A man sharing his knowledge and who is passionate about what he does 😀. No interest in testing but I admire someone who pursues their passion and influences those around them.

Getting Jerry Seinfeld vibes

I got into testing world around 5 months ago. I must admit that before i was too snob with testing because i was only "coding coding coding" and "who needs a tester" but after i searched and studied about it and worked on it i started loving testing and enjoying it so so much that I'm thinking to follow this path. I must also say that this lecture was really inspiring and motivating. It's not about the subject that is boring but about the teacher who makes the lecture boring and this guy right there is definitely not one of them. Great lecture!

If Posty wasn’t a musician

Great lecture.

Thank you James

what he meant by Qaddafi found out that too?

that gaming alienware laptop..

does anyone knows or under stands what he meant by "predicate testing"??

Thank you so much! This is AMAZING!!!

Thank you for your work!

he reminds me of jack black.

I only recently took the foundation ISTQB and joined the ranks as a tester, in UK.
this videos is almost 11 years old, considering his stance on the general understanding/application of testing etc,
have things changed?

Testers never have any acaemic success because they are against it.

That. Was. AMAZING!!!!
Thank you for sharing this!!!

what a scatter brain. No specifics, just a bunch of abstract mumbo jumbo.

one of the best lectures

I have respect for Mr. Bachs ability to form very accurate metaphors.

Popcorn ‘s so hot!

This guy has contents of a tutorial with a mix of standup comedy and pinch of Ted Talks and its a perfect MASTERCLASS.

this is beautiful. i just got my first job as a QA tester and i learned sooo much. I'd love to know the name of the course or where to find my material like this. if you know, kindly comment ;)

this should be the first video that shows up when you search software QA

Studing testing atm, Im not going to be a tester we just learn to understand it. As a software developer, the more I learn about this the more I fear you guys :S. Ctrl + AC VV AC VV AC VV . Just a simple weapon and god I fear it :S

Solid Gold!

Does anybody know about the communities he mentioned that could help a beginner tester?

This was awesome! This guy is an incredible speaker. I'll have to watch more of his work.

The best advice about testing I've heard so far.

What amazed me about tester is that all of them are shitting on each other. Starting with the podcaster super pro tester who are laughing at the stupidity of the rest of the testers, ending with the websites dedicated to teach you the "only right way of testing", and of course some messages about the stupidity of the testing world. Quite some sensitive guys in the industry!!!

I love this so much. Never have I ever related to something so much. It is a conquest indeed sir! They get butt hurt when I test their software but damnit do you want me to test it or not? I swear you explained exactly how I think and perceive things as a tester and no one else gets it...finally! Excellent talk, thank you! You should write another book!

Isn't anyone worried that he thinks giant cockroach will talk, assuming giant cockroach exists

you can make $50-$60k/yr doing software testing ... I took an online course at Sebron University a couple of years ago and am currently making $54k/year in Minnesota

Is it just me or this guy is a narcisist, arrogant, jerk that thinks he can sale himself as a genius?

He should have a better way to transmit knowledge and experiences, so far I don't like him from what I just saw.