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Why showing up helps quality professionals acknowledge their continuous learning journey
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Simon Tomes
Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
Chris Pratt
Quality & Testing Practitioner
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Always learning. Enjoy unpacking tricky problems, sharing experiences, and thinking out loud about how we build better systems together.
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Gary Hawkes
I found this chat really reassuring 🤗. As much as I loved MoTacon and felt it was the best experience of my professional life so far, I had moments where I was overwhelmed. So its great to hear people like Chris also share they felt that too. I'm also balancing the things I think I should do in the community, with acting on those things that feel right at the time to share with the community. Thanks for sharing this 🙏
Chris Pratt
Thanks Gary. You're right, there's often a gap between what we feel we should do in the community and what we can actually achieve. We all live busy lives with lots going on. Sometimes I go through phases of high energy and engagement and then periods where I feel I have to step back to focus on other things. I think the point is, that's OK; and we shouldn't feel bad about it.
Simon Tomes
Thanks for listening, Gary. Appreciate you sharing your reflections.
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