Finding faults is a virtue. At least in my case. Everyone can spot flaw in others - it is almost a reflex action. In my case, the tendency is more acute. Add the fact that I am a female, have a very good nose for gossip and come from a long lineage of shrewd people and you can complete the sordid picture. My mind seems wired with an instinctive transmitter that picks up the slightest of errors in the works of others, especially the written word.
And did that make me hugely unpopular at work? Did I ever even find a job? Absolutely. I am a former testing executive. In fact, I would revel in announcing my job description to people. There is something spitefully enjoyable about telling people that my job is to find mistakes in other people's jobs and get paid for it. This particular explanation was obviously only for people outside of testing domain. Even engineers, including developers fall in this [Testers are quite a scorned lot.] The result was always the same- a dropped jaw, a jealous stare and turning away. Saved me from quite some bores.
And did that make me hugely unpopular at work? Did I ever even find a job? Absolutely. I am a former testing executive. In fact, I would revel in announcing my job description to people. There is something spitefully enjoyable about telling people that my job is to find mistakes in other people's jobs and get paid for it. This particular explanation was obviously only for people outside of testing domain. Even engineers, including developers fall in this [Testers are quite a scorned lot.] The result was always the same- a dropped jaw, a jealous stare and turning away. Saved me from quite some bores.
I reserve a lengthy, grand elevator job pitch however for the testing crowd. Can't serve the same dialogue to people well aware that fault-finding is a thankless, tedious and precarious job. Constant possession of undeniably solid proofs and compressed timespans with doubly hard deadlines are some of the parameters of my working environment. I take these challenges as the spice of life.
In case you focussed on the word former- rest assured. I quit to get married. Now I have a person all to myself to find fault with. This state of affairs would be most agreeable and delightful; if it were not for the fact that Hubbyji is the most dearest and amicable of folks. He is funny, witty, charming, generous with a decidedly sunny disposition. Oh, he does breathe fire occasionally but then I am not called 'all steel and ice' for nothing.
And before I drift any further, let me reiterate the point I was trying to make, Finding faults is not such a bad thing after all.
And before I drift any further, let me reiterate the point I was trying to make, Finding faults is not such a bad thing after all.
