Testers' Island Discs Ep51 - Chris Armstrong

In our longest episode to date, Neil gets deep into pretty much everything with fellow podcast aficionado Chris Armstrong. We chat in-depth about Chris’s early career within the games testing industry, looking at some of the fun and not-so-fun aspects of combining work and play. There’s also the perfect chance for Neil and Chris to nerd out about their love of the Football Manager game series. It’s not just a chat about games though! We get into some thought-provoking and introspective discussions about career progression, examining how we can make opportunities open up for ourselves, and we nerd out uncontrollably about the awesome support that the testing community is always willing to offer up. On the music front, expect a variety of nu-metal, pop-punk, another Eurovision entry, and one of the unlikeliest 90s pop selections that we’ve had for a long time. This episode is sponsored by Xray, the leading QA and Native Test Management app for Jira. With Xray you're able to streamline development and testing into a single collaborative workflow where all the requirements are naturally linked to testing. Never overlook another test now that quality is built right into everything you develop. Say goodbye to silos with Dev and QA, united as they should be. Discover the future of native quality management and start your free trial today at getxray.app Podcast Links: Testing Peers podcast IMDb: Kinect Disneyland Adventures Last.fm Kinect announcement Wikipedia: California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v Activision Blizzard Polygon: Cyberpunk 2077 [CD Projekt Red] has involved months of crunch, despite past promises Football Manager Championship Manager 01/02: Tapani patch and its successors Neil’s favourite Championship Manager 2 cheat Wivenhoe Town FC Cabinteely FC Visit St. Neots Wikipedia: John Bellingham Chris’s “Self-Retrospective” blog post The Club: Google hangout for testers The Club: 24 Hours of TestBash Home Charity Marathon TestBash Home 99-Second Talks (beginning with Chris’s song!) Chris’s blog post featuring lyrics from his final song choice Geordie Test Atelier Tech Team Weekly Chris on Twitter: @christovskia Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter