1. Maryam Umar: It’s ok to not be perfect

"For me, it is about giving back now, that’s where I am in my professional journey, it is so important to share the challenges. Everybody likes to share successful stories, but we really learn from failure stories. We put so much pressure on ourselves to make sure everything is perfect. Perfection is something we create for ourselves, it’s not imposed on us. It’s ok to not be perfect", says Maryam. Maryam is Quality Engineering Manager at Booking.com, a creator and enabler of QA functions taking special interest in metrics, in order to determine product and release quality. Also, she’s one of the go-to leaders for ideas on guiding quality improvement with strong data and for building quality in throughout the DevOps loop, an amazing international public speaker and a keen advocate of diversity of thought. Alex Mocioi is our Host for the SHIFT Happens Podcast at the Romanian Testing Conference - a professional with 20 years of experience in software engineering and 10 years of experience in tech training. Shift Happens podcast is supported by Nagarro.