Performance engineering, the Restaurant analogy
Can you help ‘tune’ this restaurant? Recently a performance test COE I looked after went through massive expansion and we had to find a lot of resources in short time. Along with experienced resources we also looked at getting some fresh engineers and get them trained in performance testing. Question arose, as to what criteria we need to choose in screening the candidates. After some deliberation I came up on following. 1. High energy and motivated 2. Passion for technology 3. Quest for knowledge 4. Analytical mindset My able colleagues assisted me in rigorous interviews. I focused on evaluating analytical mindset aspect of the candidates. There was some disappointment in the process. I was expecting the resources to floor me with their fresh and invigorating ideas and their analytical capabilities but it happened far too less for my liking. It’s my conjecture that social media is taking toll on mental development by taking away free time that w