Summary: <p dir="ltr">He’s back! The one and only original castaway of the Island, Neil Studd. After a year off, Neil is back to host Tester’s Island Discs. So why not finish Mark’s time on the podcast like it started. With a good old waffle between two podcast hosts.</p> <p dir="ltr">Neil catches us all up on the wild ride that has been the past year for him including a discussion about remote working, job hunting and strategies for working in a lockdown. Mark also shares exciting new features and ideas that are coming to Ministry of Testing in the coming months.</p> <p dir="ltr">This podcast is sponsored by Xray, the leading Quality Assurance and<a href="https://www.getxray.app/?utm_source=ministryoftesting&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=ministryoftesting-podcast"> Test Management app for Jira</a>. More than 4.5 million testers, developers and QA managers trust Xray to manage 100+ million test cases each month. It is a mission-critical tool at over 5,000 companies in 65 countries, including 137 of the Global 500.</p> <blockquote> <p dir="ltr">With Xray you can plan, execute and track your testing with full requirements traceability supported by both manual and automated tests, including BDD using Cucumber as well as JUnit, NUnit, Robot and others. </p> <p dir="ltr">Discover the future of testing and start your free trial today at <a href="https://www.getxray.app/?utm_source=ministryoftesting&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=ministryoftesting-podcast">getxray.app</a></p> </blockquote> <h4 dir="ltr">Podcast links:</h4> <ul dir="ltr"> <li>Remaining Relevant by Rob Lambert - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remaining-Relevant-Employable-Rob-Lambert-ebook/dp/B00TXPGM5K" target="_blank">Ebook link</a> </li> <li>Neil’s Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/neilstudd">@neilstudd</a> </li> </ul> <h4 dir="ltr">Regular Links:</h4> <ul dir="ltr"> <li>Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ministry-of-testing/id1046372364?mt=2"> iTunes</a> and<a href="https://soundcloud.com/ministryoftesting"> SoundCloud</a> </li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff4S2TMvBY-kCH0ILeU0BNykHv7adQJ6izHK7AuDP8XhO5tw/viewform">Sign up to be a guest on the show</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/studleyuk/playlist/5bBsHd7Se0ZUtC7penIXPc">Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/428032-testers-island-discs---castaway-recommendations">Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/TestersIsland">Follow us on Twitter</a></li> </ul>
