My personal thank you note to people - For making 2018 a great year
Behind every successful person there is this woman or man who is the catalyst behind their growth. In my case it was definitely my wife supporting me in each and every step but there was also a whole team whom I call family who made 2018 a successful year for me.In 2018, apart from regular work/job
I spoke at 14 conferences
Gave my first keynote at QAorTheHighway Conference
Gave 1 Webinar for STP conference
Did 1 AMA event
Served as one of the program chairs for Agile Testing Days 2019 USA doing paper reviews and doing planning
Was a contributor to the popular book Continuous Testing for DevOps professionals
Wrote 4 ebooks for my company
Planned and Hosted 2 webinars with my company
Did an AI introduction video interview with Techwell
My article "5 things that will impact the future of software testing" was voted the no:1 article of 2018
The above accomplishments, makes me feel proud and slightly emotional at the same time. What people see is me doing all these things but they forget that there was a whole team of people who helped me to accomplish each and every task listed above.I wanted to thank each one of them below and without their support I could not have done any of these tasks. Thank you so much and I am for ever grateful for your help.
Joe Ours from QAorTheHighway who is a mentor and well wisher
Rob Lambert from TestingCup2018
The entire Selenium Conference Crew
Davar Ardalan from IVOW who is such an inspiration and great human being
The entire KWSQA/Targeting Quality Conference Crew
The entire STAR Conference Group including Alison Wade who is an inspiration and role model for Women in Tech
Owen Gotimer, Community Manager at Techwell
The entire EuroSTAR 2018 Conference Crew
The entire Agile Testing Days Conference Crew especially Uwe Gelfert and Ina Hoelzel who believed in me and my abilities
Eran Kinsbruner who is a mentor to me and made me believe in my strengths
Jason Arbon, Tariq King and Dionny Santiago for sharing their AI knowledge with me and the community. They also started AIST
Selena Delesie for her common interests and ideas on mindfulness and inspiring me to continue being a good human being
And last but not the least, all the great people I work with at Testim. They have supported me in all my endeavors and I am lucky to be working with one of the smartest and most passionate people I have ever seen. Thank you so much and thank you to the testing community. I would also recommend getting to know the people above as they are one of the most influential and genuine people in the testing community.In 2019, one thing I really want to do and I know I do not do enough of it is, to do more "Giving" and "Helping" people in the testing community. So, I already know what my primary goal for 2019 will be. Anyone who needs help with anything please feel free to reach to me. I will try my level best to help out or at least help to point you in the right direction."Human first, Technology Next"