Lessons of the day

 Back at it today, Tuesday 9th of January  (yesterday was a personal day - in which [amongst other errands] I paid off our mortgage!)

The afternoon of testing was mostly good.  I was able to knock out several stories that remained on the testing list leaving one for my co-worker.  Tonight I received two emails of errors/questions that just about sent me over the edge. 

Lesson 1:  never reply in the heat of the moment.  Put your head down, evaluate the question regarding functionality and reply in a professional manner to the question.  Ignore any tendencies to comment on lack of screenshots and testing detail.

Lesson 2:  keep a paper journal where you can rant away!  And RANT, Rant, rant!  Maybe tomorrow you can compose a professional reminder after testing methodology.  Or maybe not.  Maybe you just "Let it go"

Before I started writing this post, I had a few moments to decide if I was going to document my rant in a google doc on the company drive or just rant in my paper journal (the one that I keep just for thoughts regarding the company).   I think I chose wisely with the paper journal.  Some day I can burn the journal and no one in the company will be any the wiser (unless I choose to bring up the topic in a professional manner during a team meeting).  Yes, I work from home so the journal is safe from co-workers.

Tomorrow is a new day and a fresh start!




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