Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
he/him
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.
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Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
awarded Drew Pontikis for:
Great to hear your thoughts on the stage during This Week in Community (TWiC). Thanks for joining us! 🤩
awarded Drew Pontikis for:
Great to hear your thoughts on the stage during This Week in Community (TWiC). Thanks for joining us! 🤩
thanked contributors on:
Rosie, Simon and Drew explore AI, authenticity, measuring what community really delivers and community building boundaries
Interests
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testing
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Contributions
Rosie, Simon and Drew explore AI, authenticity, measuring what community really delivers and community building boundaries
Simon Tomes returns to Into the MoTaverse for a six-month check-in with Rosie on Community as a Service, care, joy, and the slow pivot to becoming a tech community.
A major issue hits the production environment. While we want to know what happens next, we need to ask what should've happened before?
