I recently survived another year on this rock rotating around the sun. It doesn’t feel that long that I was reflecting on turning 30 last year. I also set myself some goals at the start of the year but 2020 has been a doozey and put lot’s of those intentions on hold. This blog is… Continue reading Birthday Reflections
Mental Health check-in
Q. Hey Sam, how’s your mental health going? A. To be honest, it’s been pretty shit. This whole pandemic thing hasn’t been great for my mental wellbeing. Q. Yeah it’s all been pretty stressful, ay. What’s been bothering you? Would you like to talk about anything specifically? A. My sleep has been all kinds of… Continue reading Mental Health check-in
Why the career change?
I recently posted on LinkedIn that I had been in software testing for 8-9 years and was thinking of a career change. Maybe financial advice could be an interesting path? Now this isn’t me starting a career change just yet, but I’m looking into the process. Where can I go in my current role? I… Continue reading Why the career change?
Retirement Funds from around the World
Here’s some super fun facts about retirement funds from around the world for you [Yes, that super pun was intended 😉] On average, Australia has $72,823 saved per person for retirement in our superannuation plan. This is the largest private pension per person in the world. This is from a wikipedia article here (which probably isn’t a… Continue reading Retirement Funds from around the World
Metrics and Quality
The superannuation and investment mobile app I’ve been working on over the last year has finally been released. It’s been on the app store for just over a month now* and this blog is about how we are using metrics to help keep tabs on the quality of our app. *You can download the app… Continue reading Metrics and Quality
Bugasura and exploratory Mobile Testing
A few weeks back, Pradeep Soundararajan; founder of Moolya testing and I were having a conversation on twitter on test strategies for mobile apps. He suggested trying Bugasura for running a bag bash. Bugasura is an android app and a chrome extension. it helps with keeping track of exploratory testing sessions and comes with screenshot annotation and jira integration. Here are… Continue reading Bugasura and exploratory Mobile Testing
Investing in stocks during a crisis
This is not financial advice, this a story about my adventures in learning about investments and stock markets. So when I got my tax return last year, I decided to learn how the stock market worked by investing $1000 in shares. note; this is generally considered a bad thing for me to do financially because… Continue reading Investing in stocks during a crisis
Superannuation Mobile Apps Analyst
I’ve created a few superannuation accounts to compare many of the mobile app experiences out there. It seems that many super providers are joining the digital revolution and publishing apps. But are these apps any good? it would seem the average rating on the app stores leaves a bit to be desired. Average App store… Continue reading Superannuation Mobile Apps Analyst
Coronavirus and superannuation
This is not financial advice, this blog is a reflection on how unit prices and stock markets impact superannuation (Australian retirement funds), all prices listed are in AUD. At the end of last week I rolled over my superannuation from Verve to Sunsuper because I wanted more flexibility over my investment allocations. Verve had 1… Continue reading Coronavirus and superannuation
Beta releases for mobile apps
My team is going through a beta release for our mobile app to get early feedback. We’ve noticed that our android app is struggling compared to iOS. It seems that having an extra hurdle with signing up for the android beta program impacts installations. Naturally we’d expect the android engagement to lag a little behind… Continue reading Beta releases for mobile apps