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Ady Stokes
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STEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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Ministry of Testing #Athens held its annual cake-cutting event for 2026. Eight years strong and still going!
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8 years MoT Athens - Annual cake-cutting event.
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8 years MoT Athens - Annual cake-cutting event.
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"Congratuations all "
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I heard this on a recent Call for Insights (with Simon Tomes and Louise Woodhams), and it made me chuckle.
It's in reference to making attempts to shifting-left, but not really feeling the resul...
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The shift-left is not shifting-lefting
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The shift-left is not shifting-lefting
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The shift-left is not shifting-lefting
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The shift-left is not shifting-lefting
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Also, what happens when you ask quality people for feedback?
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Louise Woodhams shares the power of MoTacon conversations.
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Testing community renews faith in testing
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Testing community renews faith in testing
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Testing community renews faith in testing
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What is software quality?
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3.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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What is software quality?
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What is software quality?
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What is software quality?
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What is software quality?
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What is software quality?
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What is software quality?
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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What is software quality?
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Transition from reactive quality assurance to proactive quality engineering by embedding shared responsibility throughout the entire development lifecycle
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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14.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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13.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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1.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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"Great article. This is a great addition to the community guide to being a thought worker. "
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How is friction helping and not helping software engineering and testing teams?
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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Playing to your strengths to navigate a quality engineering job market
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