# New Agile Tester - Why am I reading so many Books! HELP!

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**Created:** [10 September 2018 13:20 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-agile-tester-why-am-i-reading-so-many-books-help/18298 "2018-09-10T13:20:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![scottkenyon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/scottkenyon/32/10149_2.png) [@scottkenyon](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/scottkenyon)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2018 13:20 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-agile-tester-why-am-i-reading-so-many-books-help/18298/1 "2018-09-10T13:20:10Z")

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Hello Everyone,

Now on Month 2 of my new testing role coming from a technical specialist customer facing role.  
everyone I have asked for help and advice all say “Read this book” and " look into this on here "…  
I like a good read as the next person (currently reading Agile Testing by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory)

I know this might sound like a silly question but anyone know any videos that have helped them in the past? I want to have a good mix of visual learning and books.

I’m off to the software testing North in a week in York - if you see me say Hi! - I will be the one looking extremely out of my depth.

Scott

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**Author:** ![alihill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/alihill/32/7301_2.png) [@alihill](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/alihill)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2018 14:38 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-agile-tester-why-am-i-reading-so-many-books-help/18298/2 "2018-09-10T14:38:55Z")

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Hi Scott!

Have a look at replies to [this Tweet](https://twitter.com/Punkmik/status/1036892786954518528) for some videos on exploratory testing (please note, I haven’t actually viewed all the videos myself, but there’s a lot of content there).

Also this talk by @danashby is really useful - I took a lot from it when I saw him present it at a testing event last year: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In9cNWFPEIA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In9cNWFPEIA)

Hope these help!

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**Author:** ![danbaldwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@danbaldwin](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/danbaldwin)\
**Post date:** [11 September 2018 15:27 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/new-agile-tester-why-am-i-reading-so-many-books-help/18298/3 "2018-09-11T15:27:18Z")

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Hey Scott,

Welcome! Personally I have found the MoT podcasts a really good listen for bits of information, especially on the daily commute, some of these may be of interest, there are 71 episodes that I can currently see on Castbox so should be something for everyone 🙂

Dan