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	<title>Comments on: Your Overconfidence Is Your Weakness: Lessons from a &#8220;Crash Specialist&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Neelam</title>
		<link>http://blog.utest.com/your-overconfidence-is-your-weakness-lessons-from-a-crash-specialist/2009/09/comment-page-1/#comment-15017</link>
		<dc:creator>Neelam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pradeep,
Indeed an eye opener for lot of new testers (like me) in field.  I figured there was a new bug entering in my testing system...now I know what it is and I have the cure too!  

Thanks for diagnosis! :)

Neelam</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pradeep,<br />
Indeed an eye opener for lot of new testers (like me) in field.  I figured there was a new bug entering in my testing system&#8230;now I know what it is and I have the cure too!  </p>
<p>Thanks for diagnosis! <img src='http://blog.utest.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Neelam</p>
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		<title>By: Journey Of A Passionate Tester &#124; Software Testing Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Journey Of A Passionate Tester &#124; Software Testing Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] has an impressive software testing resume would be an obvious understatement. Coached by Pradeep Soundararajan, he has been awarded a scholarship from the Software Testing Club; is a proud student of  the [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Pradeep Soundararajan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pradeep Soundararajan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Neha,

Thanks for dropping by. 

&lt;i&gt;Japan incident has happened with me too, but in this case I found a bug which I thought might be bittie (very small) but it stopped the shipping of the product&lt;/i&gt;

That&#039;s an important learning to have. I just hope those testers who have this lesson also realize that they need to think about the reverse of it - What they think as a show stopper could not be one such and there is nothing to be disappointed about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Neha,</p>
<p>Thanks for dropping by. </p>
<p><i>Japan incident has happened with me too, but in this case I found a bug which I thought might be bittie (very small) but it stopped the shipping of the product</i></p>
<p>That&#8217;s an important learning to have. I just hope those testers who have this lesson also realize that they need to think about the reverse of it &#8211; What they think as a show stopper could not be one such and there is nothing to be disappointed about it.</p>
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		<title>By: Neha Thakur</title>
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		<dc:creator>Neha Thakur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amazing article.. As ususal :)... very fascinating to understand the fact that just a simple bug like finger coverage.. can be of utmost important to the customers. Japan incident has happened with me too, but in this case I found a bug which  I thought might be bittie (very small) but it stopped the shipping of the product. Great quote that I would like to quote &quot;It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else&#039;s eyes. &quot; ~Sally Field</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amazing article.. As ususal <img src='http://blog.utest.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8230; very fascinating to understand the fact that just a simple bug like finger coverage.. can be of utmost important to the customers. Japan incident has happened with me too, but in this case I found a bug which  I thought might be bittie (very small) but it stopped the shipping of the product. Great quote that I would like to quote &#8220;It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else&#8217;s eyes. &#8221; ~Sally Field</p>
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		<title>By: Pradeep Soundararajan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pradeep Soundararajan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Sowjanya,

Thanks! I hope every tester shares their experiences for the benefit of the community.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Sowjanya,</p>
<p>Thanks! I hope every tester shares their experiences for the benefit of the community.</p>
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		<title>By: sowjanya</title>
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		<dc:creator>sowjanya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Besides learning technical stuff... Its very important to have attitude as a tester...

Thanks for the post...

Sharing your experience helps others not to do the same and struggle :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Besides learning technical stuff&#8230; Its very important to have attitude as a tester&#8230;</p>
<p>Thanks for the post&#8230;</p>
<p>Sharing your experience helps others not to do the same and struggle <img src='http://blog.utest.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Pradeep Soundararajan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pradeep Soundararajan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Novesh,

&lt;i&gt;Very often developers give you some title (I have never understood whether there is any ulterior motive it that) its a feel good thing for us.&lt;/i&gt;

Ah, nice. I also think we testers get so easily happy with just one bug and one appreciation for that. It can be a trap unless you have trained your brain to be skeptical and stay mission focused. 

&lt;i&gt;I have suffered it.&lt;/i&gt;

If you had told me you had 10 years of experience, my response would have been, &quot;Well, that doesn&#039;t tell me anything about you&quot; but what you said above tells me about your experience. Now, that is great that you can make more sense in talking about your experience with just a few words instead of numbers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Novesh,</p>
<p><i>Very often developers give you some title (I have never understood whether there is any ulterior motive it that) its a feel good thing for us.</i></p>
<p>Ah, nice. I also think we testers get so easily happy with just one bug and one appreciation for that. It can be a trap unless you have trained your brain to be skeptical and stay mission focused. </p>
<p><i>I have suffered it.</i></p>
<p>If you had told me you had 10 years of experience, my response would have been, &#8220;Well, that doesn&#8217;t tell me anything about you&#8221; but what you said above tells me about your experience. Now, that is great that you can make more sense in talking about your experience with just a few words instead of numbers.</p>
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		<title>By: Novesh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Novesh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Pradeep,

I really enjoyed reading this post (just like most of the other posts). This one caught my attention due to the work overconfidence. Very often developers give you some title (I have never understood whether there is any ulterior motive it that) its a feel good thing for us.

That is where problem starts, you start acting that image of yours. You just start putting undue pressure on yourself just to retain that image. It can be really tiring. I have suffered it.

Keep posting..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Pradeep,</p>
<p>I really enjoyed reading this post (just like most of the other posts). This one caught my attention due to the work overconfidence. Very often developers give you some title (I have never understood whether there is any ulterior motive it that) its a feel good thing for us.</p>
<p>That is where problem starts, you start acting that image of yours. You just start putting undue pressure on yourself just to retain that image. It can be really tiring. I have suffered it.</p>
<p>Keep posting..</p>
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		<title>By: Testing the Limits with Michael Bolton: Part I &#124; Software Testing Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Testing the Limits with Michael Bolton: Part I &#124; Software Testing Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] (Ajay plus Sharath Byregowda, Manoj Nair, and Parimala Shankaraiah) are students of our colleague Pradeep Soundararajan. They gather online every week to spend an hour or so testing some freeware or some Web service, [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Our Guest Blogger Series: 2009 Year in Review &#124; Software Testing Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Our Guest Blogger Series: 2009 Year in Review &#124; Software Testing Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Your Overconfidence is Your Weakness: Lessons from a &#8220;Crash Specialist&#8221; &#8211; by Pradeep Soundararajan:  In our most-popular guest post to date, noted blogger Pradeep Soundararajan explains why finding lots and lots of bugs isn&#8217;t necessarily a good thing. Reliving his days as a &#8220;crash specialist&#8221; Pradeep examines how a tester&#8217;s ego can get in the way of their objective. His advice is as funny as it is useful. Simply put: a must read. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Your Overconfidence is Your Weakness: Lessons from a &#8220;Crash Specialist&#8221; &#8211; by Pradeep Soundararajan:  In our most-popular guest post to date, noted blogger Pradeep Soundararajan explains why finding lots and lots of bugs isn&#8217;t necessarily a good thing. Reliving his days as a &#8220;crash specialist&#8221; Pradeep examines how a tester&#8217;s ego can get in the way of their objective. His advice is as funny as it is useful. Simply put: a must read. [...]</p>
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