Testers' Island Discs EP59 - Nicola Lindgren

This month it’s a truly worldwide affair as Neil is joined by Nicola Lindgren, a New Zealander who’s based in Sweden, to share stories of her testing journey and her community content creation, including a newly-published book, “Starting Your Software Testing Career”. We talk about how to reserve the time to participate in extra-curricular activities, and take a deep-dive into the process of creating a book from start to finish, including finding value for your audience, how contributors can help you to create more well-rounded content, getting your content reviewed, and how to promote effectively on social media. On the music front, there are memories of Nicaraguan night-life, graduation parties, Korean dance routines and “songs for squats”! Podcast Links: Nicola’s blog Nicola’s new YouTube channel Leanpub: Starting Your Software Testing Career Amazon: Starting Your Software Testing Career House of Test The Culture Trip: Why High School Celebrations Are So Big In Sweden  YouTube: LifeLikeJosie - What Graduation Is Like In Sweden Mojovation Consulting - the “germ of an idea” that Neil referred to! Amazon Direct Publishing: Proof Copies Google Docs to Markdown converter Leanpub: Markua manual Leanpub: How Can I Test This? YouTube: Nicola Lindgren - The CV that Got Me My First Testing Role Wiktionary claims that “nicheness” is a word Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky - Make Time Gary Keller - The One Thing Testit 2022 (Malmö, 13 September) SANAE 2022 (Bratislava, 28-29 September) TestBash UK 2022 (Manchester, 22-23 September) Nicola on Twitter: @NicolaLindgren Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter