Why should test data be boring? I say make it as interesting as possible! For instance (from some work I was doing today)…
Job Application Form
Personal Details
Name: Lord Mojo Mountbatten Signh Nahasapeemapetilan
Address: 123 Anathema Road, Ankh Morpork, Morporkia
Date of Birth: 31/02/1776
Tertiary Education: Doctor of Invisible Writings, University of Tackleford (1842)
Secondary Education: The Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys and Girls (1835-38)
Skills: All own teeth. Can crack walnuts with ’em.
Languages: English, Estuary English, West Country English, Swahili
Hobbies/Interests: Practical Thanatology, Theoretical Kite Building, Horse Whispering
Career Objective: To obtain gainful employment of such a manner as to provide fiduciary compensation sufficient to offset the herculean inconvenience of the labour required
Personal Objective: To crack brazil nuts with teeth
Employment History:
Position 1:
Employer: The Impure Water Company
Position: Steam Engine Oiler
Duties: Oiling Steam Engines
Reason Left: Fatal Grease Fire
Position 2:
Employer: Hanling Brothers’ Circus
Position: Tiger Trainer
Duties: Training Tigers
Reason Left: The Hanling Brothers’ Circus Disaster, 1845
Position 3:
Employer: Brother Malachite’s Pharmacy and Drugstore
Position: Senior Tube Technician
Duties: Overseeing intermediate and junior tube technicians
Reason Left: Repetitive Strain Injury
Position 4:
Employer: Holier Than Thou Inc.
Position: Holy Water Boiler
Duties: Holying water by process of boilin’ it
Reason Left: Years of dehabilitating scald injuries
References
Reference 1: Lord Berners – The Grange, Hampshire
Reference 2: Brother Malachite – 123 Aubadon Street, Manchester
Reference 3: Morgan the Artificer – 2 Little Britain, London
Personal Reference 1: Monsiengnor Albert Jurech – Temple of Sigmar, Marienburg
Personal Reference 2: Great Cthulhu – Lost City of R’lyeh
Far more interesting than fields full of “Test” 🙂
