Happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing women in tech and QA! 🌷
Your curiosity, attention to detail, and passion for quality make our industry stronger every day.
Did you know that some of the first “QA engineers” in tech history were actually women?
🐞 The word debugging became popular thanks to Grace Hopper, whose team once found a real moth causing an issue in an early computer.
🚀 Margaret Hamilton led the team that built and carefully tested the flight software for the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
💻 Many early programmers working on ENIAC were women who checked calculations and validated results — essentially doing the first forms of software testing.
Women have been building quality in technology from the very beginning.
Bug reports are a communication tool.
Saying “The calculation is wrong” doesn’t really help - it shows there’s an issue, but not what exactly is happening.
Instead, describe observable facts:
✅ Actual result: The system returns 0.
✅ Expected result: The value should be calculated according to the specification.
Or:
✅ Validation allows 12 characters, while the requirement defines a maximum of 10.
Focus on:
• observable behavior
• expected behavior
• reference to requirements
• clear steps to reproduce
Clear and neutral wording helps the team move from problem → solution faster.