Category Archives: Tools

Just What is A Software Engineer in Test?

By rob.fagen in Culture, O-Testing, Tools | August 26, 2010
OPOWER recently updated the job titles for our QA engineers to more properly reflect the work that we do. We still love owning the responsibility for pointing out when our product hasn’t turned out the best it can, and we have all held and loved “QA” titles at many points in our careers. So why [...]

The Standing Desk

By Tom Vaughan in Development, Tools | May 24, 2010
Dave, My OPOWER colleague switched from a normal office desk & chair situation to a standing desk more than a year ago and ever since, I’d been considering doing the same.  For my entire programming career, I’ve had terrible posture in my chair and tended to do “the maxell pose” where my wrists are resting [...]

Dave’s Talk at ScalaDays 2010

By Dave Copeland in Code, Tools | May 3, 2010
OPOWER graciously sent me to Switzerland this year for ScalaDays 2010. I was lucky enough to be asked to present on “Sneaking Scala into the Enterprise”. OPOWER sponsored the videography. My talk, on starting to use Scala in your organization (based on my experience at OPOWER), is linked below; all the talks are online here. [...]

Alfresco 3.3 Lunch & Learn

By Tom Vaughan in Code, Tools | April 30, 2010
OPOWER attended the Reston, VA "Alfresco 3.3 lunch & learn" seminar this week, hosted by the generous folks over at SiteWorx. Alfresco 3.3 looks support the CMIS 1.0 spec and head further into the ECM space.