1. 1. Testing Problems
   1. Minimal / Low Innovation in Testing Tools (Test Assistants) compared to Dev Tools
   2. Industry stereotyping testers as:
      1. "manual"
      2. "step executors"
      3. "brainless job"
   3. Most Schools/Courses/Books on Testing advocate stale testing ideas under the label of "best".
   4. Too many misleading resources
      1. Blogs
      2. YT Channels
      3. Social Media
   5. Testers seen as complaining / fault finders
   6. Lack of reputed / thinking / innovative / professional testers
   7. Overfocus on
      1. Automation
      2. Detailed Testing Procedures
      3. Tools
      4. Efficiency
   8. Poor Bug Advocacy / Reporting
   9. Tester seen as the quality gatekeeper
   10. Lack of Mentorship for Testers
   11. Testing often takes a back seat during the quest for automation.
2. 2. The Light of Testing
   1. Good Information available at free / minimal cost. Ex:
      1. Testing Education Courses by Dr. Cem Kaner
      2. Insightful Blogs by Software Testing Experts
      3. Great Resources Compilation by Huib Schoots
      4. Questioning Toolkit
         1. Context Free Questions
      5. Testing Cheat Sheet
         1. Elisabeth H
   2. Insightful Conference Talks
   3. Pair Testing Sessions
      1. Weekend Testing
   4. Testing Contests / Events
   5. Testing Mnemonics
   6. Testing Challenges
3. 3. Creation of a Testing Assitant AKA "Testistant"
   1. Testistant Features
      1. Helps you test better
      2. Makes you think well
      3. Stimulates ideas
      4. Gives guidewords
      5. Lists test techniques
      6. Shares references
      7. Suggests tools
      8. Learning Resources
      9. Helps you with contextual templates / guidewords
      10. Gives you a learning roadmap
      11. Helps you create and share experience reports.
      12. Give updates on what's new in testing
          1. Events
          2. Conferences
          3. etc.
      13. Helps you with ideas for various types of testing
          1. Accessibility
          2. UI
          3. UX
          4. Security
          5. Usability
          6. Performance
          7. etc.
      14. Testing Checklists / Cheatsheets
      15. Platform wise ready reckoner
          1. Mobile
          2. Web
          3. API
          4. Desktop
          5. Others
      16. Curated Pathways
   2. Nature of Testing Assistant
      1. Open Source
      2. Web Based