Navigating Through Layoffs and Change with April Johnson
Quality Bits
10/03/23
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Laid off? Or know someone who was? How do you navigate it or help someone navigate it?
In this episode of Quality Bits, Lina talks to April Johnson, a change manager who recently experienced a layoff. April shares her experience and offers advice for others going through a similar situation. You'll learn about the importance of reaching out to your network, the power of community, taking care of yourself, and being open to new opportunities.
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Mentions and resources:
- April's article on layoffs: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-get-decide-change-even-were-forced-april-johnson
- Women Go Tech program in Lithuania: https://womengotech.com/
- Book: Orville Pierson - "The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the World's Leading Career Services Company: The Proven Program Use"
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Finding Your WHY with Dr. Rochelle Carr
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This episode's guest is Callum Akehurtst-Ryan, a principal test engineer at Chetwood Finance, who is on a mission to educate more testers (and not only) about APIs and their testing. Not only you're going to learn what APIs are, how to test them, or where to start, but also hear Lina and Callum discuss the terms technical vs. non-technical. If API testing sounds like a challenge, then this episode will help you by simplifying sometimes overcomplicated terms and leaving you inspired to learn more.
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Mentions and resources:
- Callum's article "A Beginners Guide to API Testing": https://cakehurstryan.com/2023/07/26/a-beginners-guide-to-api-testing/
- Postman: https://www.postman.com/
- Postman's courses on API testing: https://academy.postman.com/page/course-catalog
- Swagger: https://swagger.io/
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valenso/
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- Lina's article "How to get that bug fixed": https://qualitybits.tech/writing/how-to-get-that-bug-fixed
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