{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Vernon Richard Show","title":"“Testing isn't a specialism\"? You keep using that word…","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3511,"description":"\"Testing Is Not a Specialism\" - You keep using that word…Vernon got triggered. A bold LinkedIn post declared \"PSA: testing is not a specialism. Thank you for your time.\" Mic drop, walk off stage, no explanation. And it wasn't just one person. So Vernon did what any self-respecting tester would do: he asked why. And didn't get an answer. In this episode, Vernon and Richard dig into why some developers seem to find the idea of testing as a specialism genuinely laughable, what happens when you confuse a skill with a role, and why, in a world where everyone's building agentic workflows, nobody seems to notice that they're writing skills.md files full of testing knowledge. They also explore how AI is already reshaping what's expected of every role on a software team, why \"knowing what good looks like\" has never mattered more, and what skill stacking means for testers who want to stay ahead of the curve.Chapters00:00 - Intro01:17 - Vern's welcome rant01:42 - The topic: Is testing a specialism?07:17 - Rich gets a chance to speak 😅07:29 - Good Testers vs Bad Testers11:15 - Aren't we all developers now anyway?13:06 - There's testing and there's Testing15:01 - Testers communicating their value18:34 - If testing isn't a specialism, where does that leave agents and skills?20:30 - The lads cook up a new way to reframe the situation23:53 - Who should do testing?32:27 - Vern believes these folks are saying one thing and doing another35:02 - Rich wants to know what happens to the 0.5x Testers?40:02 - Skill Stacking45:36 - The thing most people haven't done but need to50:04 - Are we all Domain Translators now?54:23 - Wrap upLinks to stuff we mentioned during the pod:01:42 - Paul's interesting LinkedIn post that triggered Vernon03:34 - The question I asked on LinkedIn about why \"people\" get so triggered about testing as a role05:33 - Greg's interesting post about test management and levels of competence06:31 - Jade Rubick's post questioning whether QA should exist at all!10:46 -...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UFGkkh_jsZubLbpE6txGLPU3-7iIlh6gJ0JsseFDEm0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iM2Zk/NGQ3NDk4NmVkNjA5/OGJmMzA0ODQxMWIy/N2ExOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}