Summary: <p>This month it’s a truly worldwide affair as Neil is joined by Nicola Lindgren, a New Zealander who’s based in Sweden, to share stories of her testing journey and her community content creation, including a newly-published book, “Starting Your Software Testing Career”.</p> <p>We talk about how to reserve the time to participate in extra-curricular activities, and take a deep-dive into the process of creating a book from start to finish, including finding value for your audience, how contributors can help you to create more well-rounded content, getting your content reviewed, and how to promote effectively on social media.</p> <p>On the music front, there are memories of Nicaraguan night-life, graduation parties, Korean dance routines and “songs for squats”!</p> <p>Podcast Links:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://nicolalindgren.com/">Nicola’s blog</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjl2Uf_9GooVOUz1haLmFA">Nicola’s new YouTube channel</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://leanpub.com/startinginsoftwaretesting">Leanpub: Starting Your Software Testing Career</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/9152726851">Amazon: Starting Your Software Testing Career</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.houseoftest.net/en/">House of Test</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://theculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/why-high-school-celebrations-are-so-big-in-sweden/">The Culture Trip: Why High School Celebrations Are So Big In Sweden </a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqNIk4ZRGA">YouTube: LifeLikeJosie - What Graduation Is Like In Sweden</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://mojovation.co.uk/">Mojovation Consulting - the “germ of an idea” that Neil referred to!</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202131440">Amazon Direct Publishing: Proof Copies</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/docs_to_markdown/700168918607">Google Docs to Markdown converter</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/docs_to_markdown/700168918607">Leanpub: Markua manual</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://leanpub.com/howcanitestthis">Leanpub: How Can I Test This?</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deo3GYkwiZc">YouTube: Nicola Lindgren - The CV that Got Me My First Testing Role</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nicheness">Wiktionary claims that “nicheness” is a word</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://maketime.blog/">Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky - Make Time</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://the1thing.com/">Gary Keller - The One Thing</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.knowit.se/event/testit2022">Testit 2022 (Malmö, 13 September)</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://sanae.beer/">SANAE 2022 (Bratislava, 28-29 September)</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-uk">TestBash UK 2022 (Manchester, 22-23 September)</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/NicolaLindgren">Nicola on Twitter: @NicolaLindgren</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Regular Links:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ministry-of-testing/id1046372364?mt=2"> iTunes</a> and<a href="https://soundcloud.com/ministryoftesting"> SoundCloud</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff4S2TMvBY-kCH0ILeU0BNykHv7adQJ6izHK7AuDP8XhO5tw/viewform">Sign up to be a guest on the show</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/studleyuk/playlist/5bBsHd7Se0ZUtC7penIXPc">Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/428032-testers-island-discs---castaway-recommendations">Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/TestersIsland">Follow us on Twitter</a></p> </li> </ul>
