Beta Testing our favorite software…..

Written by Siotha on June 27, 2008 – 3:57 pm -

There comes a time in your life, when you’ve been at this computer biz for long enough to know better than to work with beta software. Well, i fell for it again. don’t get me wrong, some beta’s are awesome. Others i want to ask the software vendor how a kernal crash is relevant when i click the “edit” button. ya know? i just want to say.. i love testing new software. but can I scream now?

On the other hand. it’s free. what can i say. I earned it by being the guinea pig. now if only the developers like dealing with the purple haired chick who expects perfection - therefore reports the retarded bugs - like typo’s - or they forgot a rollover/flyout or heck my favorite - um - what language is that one in? OH! and another favorite… i pressed the button… and nothing happend…. oooh that really makes my day

If you’ve a software, and you want me to test it, break it, stupid user proof it… drop me a line. I love the thrill of rebooting 6 times in a row until i find a work around… is there a job out there like this, that pays good for me to stay home 4 hours, break a few computers and yell at the developers in user speak instead of code… hah

Oh wait. I’ve done that in a former life. Great job, great company… I forgot where home was though… and I began to know the airline attendants by name… or they just realized i liked giving out the little great job from an elite member coupons when i needed a different flight home

Now if I could only get on the lean cuisine testing team…. or the propel flavor test team… or the paid drive through lunch testing team…. free cell phones, or other every day item.. hey - where the hell is my new mac? I’m still on this uh…. yeah… we won’t even discuss how old this one is..

And that my friends, is the - it’s the friday before the holiday week - unemployed - job seeking - freelancing - smart ass - blog of the day! HAPPY HOLIDAY! Now buy me a beer!


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