Ryan, a pakeha man in his mid 40s who often wears flowered shirts and wears a flat cap.

Ryan Bevens

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Ryan Bevens was a tester for 17 years, both in the US and NZ, before transitioning into recruitment in 2023.

He’s worked for a variety of companies along the way, from startups to Fortune 50 companies. Having held both recruitment and hiring manager roles, he has found himself uniquely placed to advise testers at various levels of their careers.

Diary of a reluctant recruiter: your value as a tester

Testers can be terrible at selling themselves and their craft. This talk will help you to understand and articulate the value you and your craft brings to companies.

Do you know what good testing looks like? Do you even know what value you add? 

Let me help you figure that out and along the way remind you why you love testing.