# \#continuous-learning **URL:** https://club.ministryoftesting.com/tag/continuous-learning/149.md [Latest](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/tags.md) --- ## [Where are the best sources of test automation information out there?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/where-are-the-best-sources-of-test-automation-information-out-there/85941)
**Author:** [@AdyStokes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/AdyStokes)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [21 January 2026 11:29 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/where-are-the-best-sources-of-test-automation-information-out-there/85941 "2026-01-21T11:29:34Z")
Before you say this is a redundant question because the club and MoT content and certificates are awesome (and who am I to disagree), we know there are good things out there. Such as; Test Automation University YouTub… --- ## [Is human curation more important than ever in the age of algorithmic bias?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/is-human-curation-more-important-than-ever-in-the-age-of-algorithmic-bias/86933)
**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [2 December 2025 15:54 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/is-human-curation-more-important-than-ever-in-the-age-of-algorithmic-bias/86933 "2025-12-02T15:54:54Z")
A music forum I belong to recently posted this: Is Human Curation More Important Than Ever in the Age of Algorithmic Bias? On a platform like ours, where editorial picks, expert selections, and human taste play a cent… --- ## [TIL: How to access bookmarks](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/til-how-to-access-bookmarks/86879)
**Author:** [@jmosley5](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jmosley5)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [19 November 2025 19:16 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/til-how-to-access-bookmarks/86879 "2025-11-19T19:16:40Z")
:woman\_facepalming: This feels so silly, but I’m sharing it now because I know if I write it out, I’ll remember it in the future. I have bookmarked several articles here, but I can never find my bookmarked items afterwa… --- ## [Thoughts on the 5 W's and H: Could another question be added to the thought technique](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/thoughts-on-the-5-ws-and-h-could-another-question-be-added-to-the-thought-technique/86833)
**Author:** [@jmosley5](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jmosley5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 October 2025 14:47 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/thoughts-on-the-5-ws-and-h-could-another-question-be-added-to-the-thought-technique/86833 "2025-10-27T14:47:29Z")
What are you working on? I’m currently taking the STEC certification course and working through the 5 W’s and H task. What are you sharing or asking? While working through the thought experiment, I feel like it’s not a… --- ## [Is learning a programming language really that tough, or is it just me?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/is-learning-a-programming-language-really-that-tough-or-is-it-just-me/85753)
**Author:** [@amandefasano](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/amandefasano)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [1 September 2025 09:28 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/is-learning-a-programming-language-really-that-tough-or-is-it-just-me/85753 "2025-09-01T09:28:19Z")
As with anything that requires serious investment, self-confidence plays a huge role in your ability to face challenges and bounce back from failures. Even a small failure can chip away at your confidence and send you in… --- ## [What caused your automation run to fail? ❌](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-caused-your-automation-run-to-fail/72180)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [16 July 2025 08:13 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-caused-your-automation-run-to-fail/72180 "2025-07-16T08:13:44Z")
Hi all, So I think this is going to be an interesting question to ask and I’m looking forward to the responses. What caused your automation run to fail? What experiences do you have with automation failing and why? … --- ## [What have you done to get the most out of your MoT profile?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-done-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-mot-profile/85371)
**Author:** [@parwalrahul](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/parwalrahul)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2025 14:33 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-done-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-mot-profile/85371 "2025-07-13T14:33:15Z")
Check out my MoT article, “How to get the most out of your MoT profile: Top tips for maximising value,” to gain a clear understanding of how to best use, add to and build a living portfolio of your work. With the additi… --- ## [What hurdles did you have to overcome when starting your career in software testing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-hurdles-did-you-have-to-overcome-when-starting-your-career-in-software-testing/80091)
**Author:** [@sarahdeery](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sarahdeery)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [3 November 2024 13:59 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-hurdles-did-you-have-to-overcome-when-starting-your-career-in-software-testing/80091 "2024-11-03T13:59:26Z")
Check out this week’s article by @parwalrahul, “Taking your first steps in software testing,” to explore the journey of starting a career in testing and overcoming common hurdles faced by beginners. Whether you’re transi… --- ## [Where do you learn about critical thinking?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/where-do-you-learn-about-critical-thinking/79173)
**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [30 September 2024 13:27 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/where-do-you-learn-about-critical-thinking/79173 "2024-09-30T13:27:24Z")
During last week’s This Week in Testing “critical thinking” got another mention. It was concerning AI and that as testers we have to remain critical thinkers even when we rely on AI tooling to support our efforts. Ther… --- ## [What's your current relationship like with the world of AI?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-current-relationship-like-with-the-world-of-ai/78413)
**Author:** [@aj\_wilson](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/aj_wilson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [16 August 2024 19:02 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whats-your-current-relationship-like-with-the-world-of-ai/78413 "2024-08-16T19:02:55Z")
poll :robot: bonus bots for your thoughts --- ## [How do you review the testing on in-flight projects?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-you-review-the-testing-on-in-flight-projects/77577)
**Author:** [@MeasuredInQuestions](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/MeasuredInQuestions)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 July 2024 10:56 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-you-review-the-testing-on-in-flight-projects/77577 "2024-07-08T10:56:10Z")
This Week in Testing, I jumped on stage with Simon Tomes & Aj Wilson to talk about my efforts to establish a test review process in-line with 8 engineering principles; We Deliver Value to Customers Frequently and Relia… --- ## [What are the key lessons you have learned in your software testing career?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-the-key-lessons-you-have-learned-in-your-software-testing-career/75670)
**Author:** [@sarahdeery](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sarahdeery)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [7 May 2024 10:16 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-are-the-key-lessons-you-have-learned-in-your-software-testing-career/75670 "2024-05-07T10:16:43Z")
Read our latest article, "Lessons Learned From 20 Years Of Software Testing,” written by @adystokes. The article covers Ady’s journey through two decades in the software testing field, sharing all the practical lessons a… --- ## [🔨 What maintenance is required for automation frameworks?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-maintenance-is-required-for-automation-frameworks/72184)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [6 May 2024 18:07 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-maintenance-is-required-for-automation-frameworks/72184 "2024-05-06T18:07:12Z")
Hello everyone, I continue on my course writing journey and I was hoping to hear your thoughts and experiences on the following question: What maintenance is required for automation frameworks? I remember when I int… --- ## [What technical information do you like to capture?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-technical-information-do-you-like-to-capture/72175)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [9 April 2024 17:56 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-technical-information-do-you-like-to-capture/72175 "2024-04-09T17:56:57Z")
Hello again lovely people! I’m keen to learn about what sort of information people capture in their automation frameworks to help them report details to their team and assist the debugging of flakey checks / bugs in a s… --- ## [What makes automated tests/checks flakey?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-makes-automated-tests-checks-flakey/72173)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [8 April 2024 05:29 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-makes-automated-tests-checks-flakey/72173 "2024-04-08T05:29:43Z")
Hello all, I’m back again with another question that I’d love to get people’s thoughts on. Specifically: What makes automated tests/checks flakey? I think there are many reasons why tests/checks become flakey, but I… --- ## [What maintenance do you have to carry out on automated checks?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-maintenance-do-you-have-to-carry-out-on-automated-checks/72169)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [5 April 2024 05:58 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-maintenance-do-you-have-to-carry-out-on-automated-checks/72169 "2024-04-05T05:58:54Z")
Hi all, I’m seeking community thoughts on the following question for an upcoming course I’m working on. What maintenance do you have to carry out on automated checks? I’d love to hear about triggers for maintenance.… --- ## [What challenges would you like to see MoT host?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-challenges-would-you-like-to-see-mot-host/73024)
**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [3 January 2024 16:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-challenges-would-you-like-to-see-mot-host/73024 "2024-01-03T16:44:47Z")
Super inspired by the activities captured in this post: What other challenges would you find interesting? How might they work? What challenges could MoT host/run to help with your learning goals in 2024? We’ve got pl… --- ## [What coding practices do you follow? 🥷](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-coding-practices-do-you-follow/72185)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [20 December 2023 10:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-coding-practices-do-you-follow/72185 "2023-12-20T10:00:54Z")
Hi again, I’m closing in on the end of my questions for our upcoming courses. The next question I had though was focused on coding practices within the context of writing automation code: What coding practices do you … --- ## [Can you share your requirements for a test environment?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/can-you-share-your-requirements-for-a-test-environment/72186)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [18 December 2023 11:22 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/can-you-share-your-requirements-for-a-test-environment/72186 "2023-12-18T11:22:41Z")
Hello all, I’m now looking at how we can help people who have to setup environments for automation. I want to help them understand the different requirements they need to consider when speccing out a test env. So I want… --- ## [🧹 How do you prepare an environment to run automation against?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-an-environment-to-run-automation-against/72189)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [18 December 2023 08:14 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-an-environment-to-run-automation-against/72189 "2023-12-18T08:14:58Z")
Hi all, Another question for you all. Let me set the scene… You have an environment setup to run automated checks against, you also have a large collection of automated checks to run and you’ve already run your automat… --- ## [🤖 What types of automation reports do you send?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-types-of-automation-reports-do-you-send/72176)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 December 2023 16:18 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-types-of-automation-reports-do-you-send/72176 "2023-12-13T16:18:39Z")
Happy Monday all, I’m back again with another question to ask around automation and reporting. I’d love to hear about the different approaches and tools that the community use to report automation, so I’m asking the que… --- ## [Recommended test/quality conference for first-timer?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/recommended-test-quality-conference-for-first-timer/72452)
**Author:** [@frederickv](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/frederickv)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [5 December 2023 06:42 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/recommended-test-quality-conference-for-first-timer/72452 "2023-12-05T06:42:12Z")
Hi everyone, I want to become better at why I do, and besides following trainings, reading books recommended to me, etc … conferences seem like a great place to meet like-minded people, discuss relevant topics and atten… --- ## [How does a junior tester analyse requirements?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-analyse-requirements/72182)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [28 November 2023 10:35 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-analyse-requirements/72182 "2023-11-28T10:35:31Z")
Hi all, This week was our final task analysis session for the Junior testing curriculum Job Profile that we captured with the support of the testing community. Specifically, for this session, we were considering the fo… --- ## [What have you learnt from other industries that informs your testing?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-learnt-from-other-industries-that-informs-your-testing/71927)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [14 November 2023 16:48 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-have-you-learnt-from-other-industries-that-informs-your-testing/71927 "2023-11-14T16:48:39Z")
It’s new article Tuesday once again and we have a great article from @atmnk The article explores other industries and attempts to draw parallels between them and the work we do. So I thought we could keep the conversa… --- ## [How does a junior tester apply systems thinking](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-apply-systems-thinking/71965)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 November 2023 14:48 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-apply-systems-thinking/71965 "2023-11-14T14:48:13Z")
Hi all, For our penultimate task analysis session we continue to finish up the tasks identified in the Junior testing curriculum Job Profile that we captured with the support of the testing community. Specifically, for… --- ## [How does a Junior tester collaborate with a team?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-collaborate-with-a-team/71819)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 November 2023 13:33 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-collaborate-with-a-team/71819 "2023-11-07T13:33:05Z")
Hi all, This week’s task analysis session focused on more soft skill based tasks identified in the Junior testing curriculum Job Profile that we captured with the support of the testing community. Specifically, for thi… --- ## [What advice would you give someone just starting out as a freelance tester?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-advice-would-you-give-someone-just-starting-out-as-a-freelance-tester/71357)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [26 October 2023 12:28 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-advice-would-you-give-someone-just-starting-out-as-a-freelance-tester/71357 "2023-10-26T12:28:49Z")
Hi all, We have another new article from @mirza on freelancing tips. This got me thinking: What advice would you give someone just starting out as a freelance tester? When I went contracting I got a lot of advice… --- ## [How does a Junior tester maintain a test plan?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-maintain-a-test-plan/71360)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 October 2023 09:15 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-does-a-junior-tester-maintain-a-test-plan/71360 "2023-10-19T09:15:46Z")
Hi all, This week’s task analysis session concluded the discussions around test planning tasks identified in the Junior testing curriculum Job Profile that we captured with the support of the testing community. Specifi… --- ## [How are you improving as a tester?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-are-you-improving-as-a-tester/70889)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [10 October 2023 08:28 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-are-you-improving-as-a-tester/70889 "2023-10-10T08:28:45Z")
It’s Tuesday again, meaning we have a new article out. This time it’s an article from @swathika.visagn who is sharing her thoughts on how to break your routine and upskill as a tester: In the spirit of the article, I… --- ## [Returning to Software Testing After Parental Leave - Share Your Experiences and Tips](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/returning-to-software-testing-after-parental-leave-share-your-experiences-and-tips/71047)
**Author:** [@mwinteringham](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mwinteringham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [10 October 2023 07:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/returning-to-software-testing-after-parental-leave-share-your-experiences-and-tips/71047 "2023-10-10T07:00:46Z")
Hello all, We have a new article today from @pricilla09 that focuses on parental leave and rejoining the workforce: As a parent and a professional in the tech industry, I found her story relatable and inspiring and I… [Next page](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/tag/continuous-learning/149.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=continuous-learning)