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You Can Get By with Less Sleep—but Should You? The conventional belief seems to be that you shouldn't get less than six hours of sleep a night. It turns out that with preparation, you can train yourself to get by on less—but is that a good idea? A lack of sleep can impair judgment, concentration, and reasoning, so think carefully before staying up. |
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Finding a Job You Love (or Loving the Job You Have) If you don't love with your job, that's OK—not everyone does. But you can find ways to try to love it, or at least tolerate it. The key may be to do the job to the best of your ability so at least you can feel good about yourself. In the process, you’d be setting the stage for eventually finding a better job. |
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When Can You Honestly Call Yourself Agile? If you're working more iteratively and incrementally and things are better for your team and your customers, can you call yourself agile? As long as you're improving, does it really matter what you call yourself? Johanna Rothman says yes. Unless you're following the Agile Manifesto, you aren't truly agile. |
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What It Takes to Become an Expert Malcolm Gladwell introduced the 10,000 Hours of Practice rule, which he claims is how long it takes to truly master a skill. The exact number may not be important, but it surely does take time and practice to hone our skills. Taking a quick coding course is useful, but to be an expert, there's no shortcut. |
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Why Most Testers Hit a Developmental Wall With automation, continuous integration, agile, and a slew of other testing innovations, the field has evolved into something new. However, one of the major issues that many testers are running into is that while the occupation itself is expanding, their own personal growth isn’t keeping pace. |
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