51: Mother’s Day Special: What my Mom Taught me About Life and Software Testing

She relied heavily on her strong faith in God throughout her life, raising her four children alone after becoming a widow at a young age. Emma had a quirky sense of humor and handled her recent illness with grace and dignity. Emma was a lover of fashion, favoring leopard prints, costume jewelry, and colorful shoes. She also enjoyed music and dancing to the “Oldies” and was famous in years past for her Sunday meatball dinners.

She is survived by her children, Joyce Colantonio, Angela Niles and her husband Lance, Jerilyn Pirri and her husband Gino, and Joseph Colantonio Jr. and his wife Shael, her sister, Janet Cote, eight grandchildren, Kristopher Fisher, Sara Ricci, Brian Colantonio, Connor Niles, Owen Niles, Gianna, Ava, and Ella Pirri and four nieces.

Quotes & Insights from this Test Talk

• Respond positively to change
• Always be learning
• Boy Scout Rule
• The smell test
• Women in Technology
• Testing and Life is hard

Resources

• What my mom taught me about Life and Software Testing
• Public Domain Jazz Music

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