Kari Kakkonen is not only very influential in the field of Testing, but he is also very passionate about spreading the word about its importance and the fact that it can also be fun. In this episode Kari talks about how & why he wrote his children's book Dragons Out, all the other support material he has for teaching software testing, his involvement in TMMi, & iSTQB, the other books he has written, and the future of testing. It also includes a guest appearance by Paul Gerrard reading his poem about Kari's book.Link to register for Kari's Webinar - Insights from children about testingKari's Blogs - https://karikakkonen.blogspot.com/Kari's Book recommendationPerfect Software: And Other Illusions About Testing by Gerald WienbergThe Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George SpaffordKari's LinkedIn contact - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karikakkonen/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is the podcast of The Scottish Testing Group.This series of conversations is intended to be a safe space where subjects can be explored in a curious and open-minded way, always remaining friends, no matter how controversial it may get. This will be an amicable and convivial learning experience for all parties, especially the listener.The Scottish Testing Group was set up to connect those people working in the field of software and systems testing across Scotland. However, as software affects all of us globally anyone is welcome to join and contribute to the conversation. Networking, mutual support, education, and feeding our curiosity are the primary purpose of STG.The music is The Beat of Nature by Lesfm, Olexy. Available on Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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