Publications

Media (podcast) appearances, talks, tutorials, hosting duties and conference organization. This is my official record keeping of these publications.

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I enjoy talking and exchanging ideas with people. I enjoy learning through practical lessons taught at conferences, workshops and meetups. Since I see the value, I've helped create and run some of them.

Occasionally I speak at conferences, workshops or meetups. Sometimes they get recorded. Rarely, I'll do a tutorial, make a media appearance or publish articles not on this site.

This is my official record keeping of those publications.

In the Media

The Testing Show: ChatGPT and Testing Jobs. April 16, 2023.
The Testing Show: ChatGPT for Testers. March 15, 2023.
Tech Talks With Chris Kenst: Taking Insights To Scaling Automation, Codeless Automation, & More. Bug Raptors. April 5, 2022.
Starting Business and Career from Zero: The Future of QA Engineers and Test Automation Tools. December 11, 2021.
The Testing Show: The Intersection of Testing and Quality. March 4, 2021.
Software Testing Mock Interview with Hiring Managers. S12. February 15, 2021.
State of Testing Survey 2020 Panel.
ABT 343 – Chris Kenst. March 31, 2020
Test Talks Episode 253: The Life of a Solo Automation Engineer with Chris Kenst. May 12, 2019.
AB Testing 100th Episode aka “fan call in”. April 15, 2019.
State of Testing Survey 2019 Panel.

Talks

Kenst, Chris. 2021, May 21. Hiring a Software Tester. AST Career Day webinar. [Video]
Kenst, Chris. 2021, April 1. “How Many Ways Are There to Automate a Test?”. Odyssey 2021 Test Conference. [Slides] [Video]
Kenst, Chris. 2020, November 28. "Test Idea Catalogs for Better Testing". TestFlix 2020. [Video][eBook with Slides]
Kenst, Chris. 2020, March 24. “How I Became An Automation Engineer”. Webinar within Johnson & Johnson Test Engineering CoP. [Slides] [GitHub] [FAQs]
Kenst, Chris. 2020, March 20. “How I Became An Automation Engineer”. Odyssey Online Testing Event 2020. [Slides] [GitHub] [FAQs]
Kenst, Chris. 2019, June 5. “How I Became an Automation Engineer“. OnlineTestConf Spring 2019. [Slides] [Github] [FAQs] [Video]
Kenst, Chris. 2019, May 21. “Participating in Code Reviews as a Tester: A Hands-on Session“. Webinar with TestCraftIO. [Slides] [GitHub]
Kenst, Chris. November 8. "99 Second Talk on Modern Testing Principles". TestBash San Francisco 2018. [Video]
Heusser, Matthew & Kenst, Chris. 2017, June 13. “Contributing to GitHub is for Everyone“. OnlineTestConf 2017. [Slides] [Video] [Follow up Interview]
Kenst, Chris. 2015, June 25. “Shaping Your Identity as a Tester“. Webinar with uTest University. [Video]

Tutorials

Kenst, Chris. 2019, September 30. “Testing Today’s Web Applications: Tools You Can Use“. STARWEST 2019. [Slides][GitHub]
Kenst, Chris & Green, Dwayne. 2018, August 8. CAST 2018. “A Quick Introduction to Domain Testing: More than Quick Tests”. [Slides] [Speaker Deck]
Kenst, Chris. 2016, July. “Exploratory Testing”. Corporate training.
Kenst, Chris. 2018, April 11. DAQAA. “Contributing to GitHub is for You” Workshop. [Slides] [GitHub]

Conference Organization

I organized several professional conferences for the Association for Software Testing. This included everything from finding a location, budgets, and ticket sales. Hosting duties the day(s) of included facilitating talks, making sure sponsors and attendees were happy, giving opening and closing remarks.

Webinar Hosting

I was host of the Association for Software Testing's webinar series from 2018 to 2020. This involved me finding speakers, working out logistics, marketing the webinars, hosting the webinars, editing them and publishing them. Good times.

Host of the Association for Software Testing Webinar Series. 2018 - 2020.

Thank you for taking a look at my publications. If you like what I do and are interested in chatting or saying hi, please reach out on Twitter or LinkedIn.