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Testing, Today and Tomorrow: Slack Takeovers with Arthur Hicken and Aprajita Mathur Thought leaders from the software community are taking over the TechWell Hub to answer questions and engage in conversations. Arthur Hicken and Aprajita Mathur each recently hosted Slack takeovers, and they talked about keeping IoT devices secure, onboarding new test team members, and what skills we should be learning. |
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