I.t. Career Energizer: Phil Burgess Chats With Robert C Martin, John Sonmez, David Rael And Other Successful It Professionals

Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Simon Prior. Simon is the QA Programme Manager at Camelot which is the home of the UK’s National Lottery.  He has previously worked as a developer, build engineer, scrum master, QA engineer and QA manager.   He regularly gives talks on testing and IT in schools and universities and he’s also the host of the Aylesbury Testing Gathering.    In this episode, Phil and Simon Prior discuss the role work culture plays in career success. They talk through how dangerous working too hard is and how to get the balance right. Simon and Phil discuss QA and testing and talk about how getting it right ensures the creation of the best products.   KEY TAKEAWAYS: (2.48) TOP CAREER TIP Define your personal values and stick to them. For example, Simon believes that nurturing and empowering his team is important. He also strongly believes that testing should be done from the very beginning of a project.   For him, those are both critical. So, he would not want to