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Date: 21 Oct 2015
Topic: RST Retrospective
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Rapid Software Testing Class

Newcastle, UK, October 2015

James Bach, Instructor

Babe Ruth is famously attributed as saying, "It ain't braggin' if you can do it!". This is James Bach in a nutshell. His brand of enthusiastic confidence is an enormous breath of fresh air in the otherwise timid and demure testing community. Bach serves as both an expert resource and an excellent role model for those of us yearning for professional success in the industry.

I was fortunate enough to experience this first-hand in Newcastle, UK this week, at his Rapid Software Testing class. Bach's boisterous, jovial personality, coupled with his relentless, intense commitment to socratic questioning and critical thinking, makes viewing one of his short lectures on Youtube a real challenge. Now, imagine getting on that roller coaster for three full eight hour days.

There is a great deal to discuss about the principles and techniques of RST outlined explicitly in this course, but