# What's the best testing advice you've ever heard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Tags:** career-development\ **Created:** [2 September 2019 14:19 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714 "2019-09-02T14:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **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:** [2 September 2019 14:19 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/1 "2019-09-02T14:19:24Z")
There’s a thread on [bad testing advice](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-worst-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28628), let us fill up the goodness of the web with great testing advice. What’s the best testing advice you’ve ever heard? [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ministryoftest/status/1168529263030603776) and [LinkedIn versions](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6574295280521486337) available too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chrissi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@chrissi](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/chrissi)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 10:41 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/2 "2019-09-03T10:41:29Z")
“Assume us devs have got it wrong and if you can’t find a bug you’re not looking hard enough!” along with “testers are devs’ guardian angels - you stop our evil escaping into the world!” ---
**Author:** ![erinhenigin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@erinhenigin](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/erinhenigin)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 19:52 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/3 "2019-09-03T19:52:41Z")
There is no such thing as 100% automation coverage. ---
**Author:** ![testerawesome](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/testerawesome/32/4929_2.png) [@testerawesome](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/testerawesome)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 22:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/4 "2019-09-03T22:25:26Z")
automation is not all about coding, it’s more important to design it better. - #LegoAutomation talk from Richard Bradshaw (my memory is a bit Rusty but that’s how I remembered in one meetup back a few years) ---
**Author:** ![testerawesome](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/testerawesome/32/4929_2.png) [@testerawesome](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/testerawesome)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 22:27 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/5 "2019-09-03T22:27:10Z")
No. of Pass/Fail test cases give no insight of the quality of the product - Michael Bolton (another rusted memory from a past meetup) ---
**Author:** ![testerawesome](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/testerawesome/32/4929_2.png) [@testerawesome](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/testerawesome)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 22:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/6 "2019-09-03T22:31:14Z")
Testing is not about set of templates and rules, it is a mindset and skillset - #RST #ContextDrivenTesting - James Bach and Michael Bolton ---
**Author:** ![testerawesome](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/testerawesome/32/4929_2.png) [@testerawesome](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/testerawesome)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 22:33 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/7 "2019-09-03T22:33:10Z")
Building quality together - Lisa Crispin ---
**Author:** ![testerawesome](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/testerawesome/32/4929_2.png) [@testerawesome](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/testerawesome)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 22:38 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/8 "2019-09-03T22:38:27Z")
We only do the things if it adds value (lean approach) - learned from a great friend and colleague ---
**Author:** ![testerawesome](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/testerawesome/32/4929_2.png) [@testerawesome](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/testerawesome)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2019 22:41 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/9 "2019-09-03T22:41:47Z")
T-shaped, lazy E, broken comb testers ---
**Author:** ![robertday](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/robertday/32/450_2.png) [@robertday](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/robertday)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2019 11:53 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/10 "2019-09-04T11:53:43Z")
From my first test manager (who had combined hardware and software testing in her career, which included the test and commissioning phases of a major power station facility): A tester should always be open-minded enough to add tests to their test plan. But they should never be so open-minded that they remove tests from their test plan. ---
**Author:** ![katepaulk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/katepaulk/32/8469_2.png) [@katepaulk](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/katepaulk)\ **Post date:** [5 September 2019 15:02 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/11 "2019-09-05T15:02:37Z")
It is what it is - a reminder that no matter what I think about a situation, I can’t change the past. What I can do is advocate for changes so that whatever the current mess is, a repeat performance can be avoided. ---
**Author:** ![robertday](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/robertday/32/450_2.png) [@robertday](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/robertday)\ **Post date:** [6 September 2019 07:57 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-the-best-testing-advice-youve-ever-heard/28714/12 "2019-09-06T07:57:18Z")
“…whatever the current mess is, a repeat performance can be avoided.” Which makes me think of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: “Sir Arthur, have you learnt from your mistakes?” “Yes I have, and I’m confident that if asked, I could repeat them all perfectly.” 🙂