😊 Isn't it great that 220+ people are gathering in Chapters this week
15 Sep 2026
For years I've watched many an entrepreneur trying to build a competitor to a certain event platform that helps people 'meet up' . Every single one of them has failed. None of them gained any traction. Building a good product that generates traction requires more than good code and design.
The tech is the easy part, having people to gather in such a place has long proven to be the hard part of making these things work.
It's still early days, and I'm not claiming to have it all figured out. I say the above as a comparison and a demonstration that it's easy to talk about these things, it's much harder to make it happen.
We're making it happen and believe it will continue to evolve positively. My mindset is to choose to focus on how positive this is for the quality and tech space.
So, on that note...
😊 Isn't it great that:
The tech is the easy part, having people to gather in such a place has long proven to be the hard part of making these things work.
It's still early days, and I'm not claiming to have it all figured out. I say the above as a comparison and a demonstration that it's easy to talk about these things, it's much harder to make it happen.
We're making it happen and believe it will continue to evolve positively. My mindset is to choose to focus on how positive this is for the quality and tech space.
So, on that note...
😊 Isn't it great that:
- today 14 people are gathering via the Cambridge Chapter
- tomorrow 53 are gathering via MoT Netherlands, TWiC and Parasoft Chapter
- on Thursday 155 people are gathering via MoT Manchester, London and Edinburgh
All free to attend.
We've been making lots of changes recently, I get it's hard to keep up, but I'm committed to keep communicating as best as we can. We've never served so many people in both a free and paid way. These things don't happen by accident, they've taken years to build the trust, gather the people and build the tech for.
This is what we call community as a service. Yes we are a 'community', but we also offer a service that enables valuable things to happen. This is a service that will save you hours and hours of promotional, marketing and admin work.
It feels like it is working, isn't that great? And aren't we all lucky to have this?
Thanks to everyone who is helping making this happen: the organisers, the sponsors, the attendees and the professional members.
And of course, now is a good time to explore or start a Chapter: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/chapters
Rosie Sherry
CEO & Founder at Ministry of Testing
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I've been working in the software testing and quality engineering space since the year 2000 whilst also combining it with my love for education and community. It turns out quality, community and education go nicely hand in hand.
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