Helping tech recruiters vet client requirements and job candidates for technical roles by blending 20+ years of Engineering & Recruiting experience.
Womp womp (I jinxed it lmao)
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Hey so....yeah, that workshop? Turns out, her audience wanted a virtual workshop so she moved it to Tuesday. Why can't I do Tuesday, you ask? I'm doing my own live workshop for my students in Social QA Bootcamp. Showing them how to do API test automation with Playwright. And I'm picking my wife up from work halfway into the workshop so.... ...yeah. Priorities 😉 Nothing says I can't still hop on a call with the marketing coach/musician when we both have a spare moment, but it seems it won't be in the super-near future. Stay tuned for more on that (eventually). In other news, I'm getting more and more excited about the relaunch in May. I know, it's a long ways a way, but...I've got a lot of new Playwright content coming your way:
And I'm locking it all inside Social QA Bootcamp. By the end of the year, this bootcamp will contain most of what I know about Playwright. And that's a decent amount at this point. I know y'all said you want more Python Playwright content and I aim to deliver that to you this year, too. Maybe in a smaller format like a self-guided course or a live workshop. You tell me which sounds more appealing:
Have a fun weekend, Steven |
The Better Vetter Letter
Helping tech recruiters vet client requirements and job candidates for technical roles by blending 20+ years of Engineering & Recruiting experience.
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