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Perspectives from Microsoft STEs
Differences between Encarta Premium 2006 and Student 2006
The back of the box for Encarta Premium 2006 has a nifty feature chart that I've been unable to find...
Date: 08/08/2005
I Love the MVP Program
Encarta's MVP, Stephen Stakey, has just launched the Encarta SupportZone- you can find it here. As...
Date: 04/15/2005
Encarta Blog is up and running!
The Encarta Team blog is now up and running with it's very first post. Take a look here! The IE Team...
Date: 03/23/2005
Reasons to be a Test Developer
Steve Rowe has an excellent blog post on Three Reasons To Consider Being a Test Developer (aka...
Date: 01/25/2005
Why does Software Crash #2 – The Access Violation (continued)
In our last post (here), we took a look at an Access Violation of a user mode application attempting...
Date: 01/18/2005
Why does Software Crash #1 – The Access Violation
Pop quiz: what does this line of code do when executed? int foo = (((int)0)); If you’re an astute...
Date: 01/12/2005
“Why does Software Crash” – The series!
Starting this week, I’ll be starting a series on the nuts and bolts of software crashes. Complex...
Date: 01/11/2005
White Box security practice
Mike Howard has posted some examples of buffer overflows by incorrect use of "safe" string...
Date: 11/03/2004
Difference between STE and SDET roles at Microsoft
What’s the difference between a Software Test Engineer (STE) and a Software Design Engineer in Test...
Date: 10/06/2004
A Great Use For Blogs
I'm going to head off today and talk about something in the blog world, and not at all about...
Date: 09/09/2004
Meet Greg @ Syracuse
Ever wanted to meet real, breathing, Microsoft employees and you're located around Syracuse NY? If...
Date: 08/31/2004
Testing Complex Software
It's really hard to wrap your head around how complex software like Office or Windows is. These...
Date: 08/09/2004
Microsoft Interview Question links
There's been a recent spike of activity from people posting Microsoft interview questions online....
Date: 07/20/2004
Concerns about Test Case Yields
Shrini K had an excellent question about the concept of a Test Case Yield. Test Cases can take an...
Date: 07/15/2004
Encarta 2005 RTM
Have you ever read Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine? I had the chance to read it for a...
Date: 06/21/2004
Answering Questions
Matt asked a lot of good questions in the comments about yesterdays post on the automation tools I...
Date: 06/18/2004
I Love .Net
Wow, that's a ridiculous title. I sound like I drank the kool-aide. I guess I have, but I should...
Date: 06/09/2004
The Limitations and Purpose of Testing
I was walking around the hallways yesterday and walked by the office of one of the test leads on my...
Date: 06/03/2004
Looking For A Job?
I'm going to take a break from talking about testing and put on my recruiting hat. I've done a lot...
Date: 05/27/2004
Be a Human (aka, "Outlandish Beta Suggestions")
Encarta would be really cool if came with a talking Robot toy to explain content! There are a lot of...
Date: 05/26/2004
Why Testers Should Care About Specs
My team is still bogged down in Spec work, but we're getting close to being done. Over the past few...
Date: 05/11/2004
Pairwise Test Matrices
I've been real busy with all the planning work we're doing now. Part of that is writing test plans...
Date: 04/29/2004
This Beta Bug's Life
There was an interesting question on Encarta's Beta newsgroup recently. In a nutshell, it was asked:...
Date: 04/28/2004
Spec Reviews
After Greg's last two posts I can see this is going to work out great. While Greg's product...
Date: 04/21/2004
Interesting in Beta Testing?
Interesting in getting involved as a technical Beta Tester for Microsoft products? There's some...
Date: 04/20/2004
Characteristics of great Beta Testers
Things have been particularly busy here for the Encarta Test team as we roll out the Beta for our...
Date: 04/20/2004
Test Costing
Most people know that part of software planning and scheduling is developers taking a look at the...
Date: 04/14/2004
Interacting with Customers
A reader named “Iam N” left an interesting comment about his search for a career that...
Date: 04/09/2004
Visiting Speakers on Microsoft campus
Time for a foray into a “hidden“ perk of working at Microsoft. One of my favorite perks...
Date: 04/07/2004
Characteristics of a Good Test Case
Let’s pretend today is one of your first days on the job as a Tester at Company X. You see the...
Date: 04/05/2004
Languages I Use For Automation
Mike asked what languages I use when I write test automation. It turns out there's a lot of them....
Date: 04/05/2004
"Automated Testing Basics" Article
Well, I know I said I'd have this done on Wednesday, but I ended up writing a bit more then I...
Date: 04/02/2004
Career Fair Tips
I just arrived back from the RIT career fair. Thanks everyone that stopped by our booth! I think...
Date: 04/01/2004
Life Outside of Work
While Greg is off at RIT doing one of my favorite work activities (recruiting) I thought I'd veer...
Date: 03/30/2004
Meet Greg @ RIT
I'll be representing Microsoft at the upcoming RIT career fair on Wednesday, 3/29/04, from 1:00PM-...
Date: 03/29/2004
What Makes a Good STE
Jozo asked me to elaborate on what aptitudes make a good STE. I figure that's a good a topic as any...
Date: 03/26/2004
Chris Joins The Team
I'm Chris Dickens, and as Greg mentioned the other day I'm another Software Test Engineer (STE) at...
Date: 03/25/2004
Test Cases at Microsoft
Brian Lutz is a lucky contracting Tester in the building with my favorite cafeteria on campus, 110....
Date: 03/25/2004
Categories of Testing at Microsoft
Humans seem to have a natural tendency to categorize. Software Test Engineers are no exception,...
Date: 03/24/2004
Comments thus far
Thanks for everyone's comments so far! I'm surprised at how quickly this blog has taken off. A lot...
Date: 03/24/2004
Linked from JobsBlog!
It looks like I've been linked from the Technical Careers @ Microsoft blog. Thanks for the link,...
Date: 03/24/2004
Testing at Microsoft...
Greetings! It looks like I’m the latest Microsoftie to jump onto the blogging scene....
Date: 03/23/2004
Disclaimer
These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. The content of this...
Date: 03/18/2004