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Posted on April 20, 2019 Leave a Comment
Recently I have been travelling to Asia a lot for work. It has finally stopped after 3 trips in 6 months. The project I have been helping on is with a client in Asia. I have travelled for work in previous roles. To Europe and US mostly. However, these trips have been different. I was told […]
Posted on March 24, 2019 Leave a Comment
I was recently asked my leadership team to present to the company about Quality. I work in a Fin-tech firm as ‘Head of QA’. We have had a few issues with regards to some of the deliverables and I was brought in to help fix this. When I started working with them, I told them […]
Posted on March 23, 2019 Leave a Comment
I presented about a near recent experience in a work place project last year. Some people in the tech industry don’t enjoy going to conferences. They feel they don’t get any value out of them. Sometimes, they also don’t feel the need for networking. Unfortunately, there are quite a few out there, where there are […]
Posted on March 18, 2019 Leave a Comment
UKSTAR is a software testing conference run by the EuroSTAR team in London. They started this conference a couple of years ago and I remember submitting a panel topic which got rejected. Last year, in between jobs, I came up with another idea of a talk which I submitted to UKSTAR. And I got accepted! […]
Posted on December 16, 2018 Leave a Comment
As we begin the last month of 2018, I want to spend some time reflecting and thinking about what I want to do next year. Personal I thrive in friendships. I thrive in laughter. Somehow, this year there has been less of both. I had a turbulent year at work. This took down my spirit […]
Posted on December 1, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since I wrote something. Life has changed a lot in the past two months. I started a new job. There have been quite a few changes in life otherwise too. New job. The pros: Shorter commute Head of entire QA team The second female manager Really nice people Abundance of opportunity […]
Posted on September 10, 2018 Leave a Comment
A close friend said to me the other day. This was when I was going through my lowest point this year. And here I am today. I had a difficult 6 months. I am emotionally exhausted. I am tired of responding to expectations. Expectations at home. And at work. As we get older, why are […]
Posted on August 14, 2018 Leave a Comment
After months of procrastination, I finally resigned. A lot of people ask me if I am excited for my new role. I think I have only just realised how tired I am. I spent the past 8 months trying to instil drive. And find drive. I work because I enjoy work. It gives me a […]
Posted on July 30, 2018 Leave a Comment
Last week was mental. There is a high pressure project at work. I found out the peer being difficult at work has completely lost his mind now and being stubborn for no reason. Two friends went through very difficult times. I spoke to multiple people about career direction. I made a new friend who gave […]
Posted on July 13, 2018 Leave a Comment
What do you do when someone exhibits this behaviour. Sometimes it is because you have upset them. Sometimes it is because there has been an argument. But what if it is because they have thrown a hissy fit, yelled at you and then being disrespectful? I feel like sinking as I have trying to sort […]
Maryam Umar 