Honoring #IconsOfQuality: Huib Schoots

BrowserStack’s Icons of Quality profile highlights Huib Schoots, a Netherlands-based Sogeti consultant, coach, and one of four Rapid Software Testing instructors worldwide, whose work centers on improving software quality through connection, innovation, critical thinking, and candid communication. Schoots argues that testing is fundamentally a thinking activity rather than the execution of prescribed processes or test cases, with effective testers questioning assumptions, assessing risks, interpreting information, and helping teams make informed decisions. While he sees AI as a potentially useful accelerator for development and testing, he emphasizes that it cannot replace human judgment and advises practitioners to think and do initial work before seeking AI assistance. He encourages aspiring testers to prioritize curiosity, product and user understanding, mentorship, continuous learning, and engagement with the testing community through conferences, books, podcasts, and peer discussions. Outside technology, Schoots enjoys teaching, public speaking, brewing beer, board games, travel, photography, books, music, and singing in a band.

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