# What have you changed your mind on recently? **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussions\ **Tags:** trends\ **Created:** [18 June 2024 19:46 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275 "2024-06-18T19:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rosie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/rosie/32/7719_2.png) [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\ **Post date:** [18 June 2024 19:46 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275/1 "2024-06-18T19:46:50Z")
I saw @fullsnacktester mention that he had changed his mind on something the other day. And I reckon we all deserve and should change our minds about things. What have you changed your mind on recently? ---
**Author:** ![hananurrehman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/hananurrehman/32/14717_2.png) [@hananurrehman](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/hananurrehman)\ **Post date:** [19 June 2024 12:39 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275/2 "2024-06-19T12:39:52Z")
I need to shift focus on understanding metrics in devops structures to aid my testing capabilities. ---
**Author:** ![olly\_f](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/db5fbb/32.png) [@olly\_f](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/olly_f)\ **Post date:** [20 June 2024 09:58 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275/3 "2024-06-20T09:58:53Z")
I’ve been considering starting to possibly start writing down test approaches. I’m not a massive fan of admin which has put me off doing them and frankly, not doing them until now hasn’t hurt me as far as I’m aware, but I might try them out a bit more formally to see if it’s helpful. ---
**Author:** ![simon\_tomes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/simon_tomes/32/14009_2.png) [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\ **Post date:** [20 June 2024 11:41 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275/4 "2024-06-20T11:41:55Z")
I’d become a bit worried about the role of AI, that it could “wipe out” the need for essential testing skills – writing ideas from scratch, question asking, critical thinking, systems thinking, risk awareness and analysis, bias awareness, applying heuristics and oracles, collaboration, communication, advocating for quality, balancing optimism and pessimism, sharing difficult news, spotting patterns, glue work etc. Yet looking at that list I’ve changed my mind. I’m convinced we’ll always need essential testing skills and that’s for us humans to cherish. AI is just another tool to support those skills. ---
**Author:** ![sorenharder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sorenharder](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sorenharder)\ **Post date:** [20 June 2024 11:42 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275/5 "2024-06-20T11:42:34Z")
I used to be sceptical about visual testing in automated tests. Then I tried a project where the automated test was solely based on visual tests. And it worked really good. It was not too flaky and it could find bugs, you did not expect. You can only use it in a product where it looks the same between uses, of course. ---
**Author:** ![parwalrahul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/parwalrahul/32/11376_2.png) [@parwalrahul](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/parwalrahul)\ **Post date:** [22 June 2024 08:26 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275/6 "2024-06-22T08:26:42Z")
I used to feel that somehow the top management doesn’t know the ground realities or the true realities of the skills of the people. The more I am growing up the ladder, the more I am realizing that “not talking about it openly” and “not knowing it” are two different things. Most senior leaders know or can easily gauge the true capabilities of the people. Sometimes, they choose to not comment on some things and there are many reasons for business, social, and political reasons for it. It’s a stupidity to believe that the people on the higher ladder do not know ground realities. They probably know it more than you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rickhough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rickhough](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rickhough)\ **Post date:** [22 June 2024 08:50 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-on-recently/77275/7 "2024-06-22T08:50:07Z")
Given the sheer number of high profile software failures we’ve seen in the press recently, I strongly expect a shift in management mentality away from the automate everything approach to “automate lots, by all means, but also have a human test it.” Errors are reaching epidemic proportions, even simple stuff like spelling has gone out of the window. When my Benq projector switches off it tells me it is “turnning off” and a TV advert last night told me “For valiadation visit [xyz.com](http://xyz.com)”. I don’t care about national household names embarrassing themselves, but I do care when errors lead to 300 NHS transactions details being stolen.