Bilingual English lessons tagged #tech — read one here, then open it in Spikdi to hear the narration and score your speaking.
Yesterday, a teammate and I disagreed about how serious a bug was.
I stared at the screen for hours.
This morning at standup, I said I hit a blocker.
I found a bug in the app yesterday.
I had to show a new teammate how our search filter works.
My teammate said the bug was critical.
My new teammate asked about our main feature.
I wrote a bug report today.
Last week I had to deploy a new feature to production.
I noticed the dashboard was not loading.
I noticed something strange in production this morning.
I used to feel nervous about code reviews.
My teammate thought the bug was low priority.
I noticed the dashboard was showing wrong numbers.
To give you some context, we found a critical bug during final testing yesterday.
I had to tell the team the release would slip.
I stared at the problem for hours.
At standup, I said, 'I picked up a ticket.'
I found a problem in production today.
I noticed something off with the payment system.
We have a new sprint starting today.
I told my manager the release date is late.
I found a bug in our app yesterday.
We deployed to staging last night.
We found a bug in the new update.
I had to tell the team the release would slip.
I pushed code that broke the login.
I used to launch straight into technical specs, but that lost my audience.
Last week I wrote a blog post announcing our new feature.
Yesterday I had to explain an API to a new teammate.
Last week I had to present our team's KPIs to the whole company.
I had to demo our new tool to the VP last week.
Last week, I pitched a new feature to product and marketing.
I finally understood what 'positioning' means — it's how a product sits in the market.
I used to ramble in product update emails, but now I keep them tight.
I used to think a PRD was just a list of features.
I used to just guess when explaining my results at work.
I learned to write a clear subject line for each email.
I had to schedule a meeting with a partner last week.
Every morning, I check our sprint board to see what's on deck.
Yesterday I found a bug in production.
I thought the bug was a big problem.
Yesterday I found a bug in my code.
We deployed to staging this morning.
I sat on the bench near the park.
Last week we pushed a hotfix to production.
I had to tell my manager about a delay.
Yesterday we deployed to staging.
I met someone new today.
Last week we deployed a new feature to staging.