Jenny Bramble on Testing and Collaboration at Papa

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Today on Elixir Wizards, we chat with Jenny Bramble. Jenny is the Director of Quality Engineering at Papa, a platform that connects older adults and low-income families with companionship and a helping hand with daily tasks. Tune in to learn more about Jenny's experience with testing and team collaboration at Papa.

Key Points From This Episode:

Jenny tells us about her journey to learning Elixir (for 8 years now!)
We learn about the 24 talks that Jenny has done as a keynote speaker
The breakdown of her talk this year at Elixir Conf on upgrades
How Jenny got in to writing tests after going to college for computer science
What goes into developer handoff and how that varies depending on the company and team
The connection and importance between customer service and empathy
What it's like to work in Quality Engineering and Testing at Papa
What is testing?
She provides helpful tips of things that tend to be caught up by QA during code reviews
Jenny has a course on management for Test Automation coming out in 2023!

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jenny Bramble on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennybramble/
Jenny Bramble on Twitter — https://twitter.com/jennydoesthings
Jenny Bramble on GitHub -- https://github.com/jennydoesthings
Papa -- https://www.papa.com/
SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/
SmartLogic Twitter — https://twitter.com/smartlogic

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