Featured in the Press
- From Violinist and Teacher to Software Engineering
- Jess talks with Sunday Pyjamas Podcast about her varied career journey.
- Becoming A Technical Leader
- Jess talks with InfoQ Magazine about becoming an engineering leader using her great teaching skills.
- Teaching Python & Jazz Improv
- Linux Format Magazine interviews Jess about Python education, Jazz education, and how the two connect when she teaches kids to code. 2018
- PyDev of the Week!
- Jess is interviewed as PyDev of the Week
- Jess on The Testing Show
- Jess joins the testing show to discuss open source testing.
Talks
- FailQonf 2021: Want to be a better manager? Admit it when you’re wrong.
- StarEast 2021: Differentiated Management Workshop
- StarEast 2021: Company Testing Strategy Workshop
- March, 2021 Quality Global Summit 2021: Learning, Cognition, and Becoming a Better Tester
Book-Length Publications
Articles
- Six Things to Consider when Structuring Engineering Teams (2022, with Tapan Divekar)
- Testing AI-Based Apps? Think like a human (2019)
- Tackle New Challenges with Learning Theory (2019)
- Make Your Code Bulletproof with Property Based Testing (2018)
- I Taught Myself to Code, and You Can Too
- Driving Impact as the Lone Tester in a Small Organization
- Everyday Agile Practices for Every Tester
- 6 Technical Testing Skills that Aren’t Automation
- Top Programming Skills for Software Testers
- A Mobile Testing Maturity Model
- Dealing With Fragmentation in Mobile Testing
- Introduction to Mobile Analytics
- How Writing a Book helped me Become a Better Tester
- Teacher Attitudes toward Assessment in Music (2015)
Past Talks (No Video)
- TSQA 2020: Black Holes and Revelations
- StarEAST 2020, 2019: Develop and Refine your Company Testing Strategy
- StarEAST 2020, 2019: Differentiated Management: Building Stronger Teams
- StarWEST 2019: Develop and Refine your Company Testing Strategy
- EuroTesting Conference 2019: How Great Teachers Make Great Managers
- 2017: Test Automation Strategy: Think Before You Build
- 2017: Test Rail: Skills for Agile Testers (webinar)
- Counterplay (Denmark 2017): Playful Software Exploration
- Protreptic Salon (Denmark 2017): Play and Passion
- STPCon 2015: Conscientious Test Automation
- VT Code Camp 2015: Automation with Python, Selenium, and Behave