How I did it today….

We are releasing a software patch tomorrow, and due to lack of resources, I have had to test the software before its release. I came down to one bug which was fixed by the developers, and I have been testing it since yesterday. This is how my day went today while testing the software.

• Started the day early and started the day well while testing the software;
• A couple of hours later, got irritated by the client who will get the software – I told him yesterday that I will update him in 2 days time. Third time in 3 days that he is asking about the release;
• Closed outlook because the emails are piling up;
• Started wondering why software was not behaving as it should. The bug was fixed, but the results were weird.
• Blamed my calculations, and recalculated everything on paper;
• Tested on software and got random results;
• Knocked my head with my fist – request to brain to wake up;
• Spoke to developer who verified that software is working/fixed as expected;
• Started fresh, and still no luck;
• Hit head on table – still no luck;
• Sat with developer in an attempt to walk through the software;
• Both of us hit heads on table;
• Stopped doubting my calculations, begin doubting my understanding of the specific part of the software;
• Involve head developer – relief that my understanding is not flawed;
• Still confused about why the software is not working – now spent almost 6 hours trying to figure out bizarreness;
• Figure out that some small bit of data is not present on the database;
• I argue with the developer that I HAVE created and set that data;
• He doesn’t believe me;
• We check the application, and the data exists; we check database, and magically the data exists;
• We check functionality – it works like magic;
• Hit my head on the wall;
• Spent 7 hours on something which “works” without any change being made to it;
• I laugh because it is unreal;
• Get back to my desk;
• Hit head on desk.

On the bright side, I live to fight another day!

Damn software!

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