Demi Van Malcot | Activities
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We had our monthly Ambassador's call yesterday. We use it as an opportunity to catch up, answer any questions and give updates on things we are working on in the MoTaverse.This time, we gave a litt...
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Re-enacting the chef's kiss and the good problem of MoT Profiles
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Re-enacting the chef's kiss and the good problem of MoT Profiles
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After reading Rosie's post on continuous learning I realised that the hard part isn't the learning, it's the remembering (for me, at least!).
I complete courses, read articles, finish projects and ...
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Continuous Remembering
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Continuous Remembering
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Continuous Remembering
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Azure DevOps will happily give you a query that lists bugs, I imagine this is similar in Jira too. What it won't give you is the shape of your bugs and the shape is where the story is. We tend to t...
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Bug lists tell you what. The shape can tell you why.
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Bug lists tell you what. The shape can tell you why.
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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Being on the job hunt is frustrating. With the role of AI now part of the process, it can feel scary wondering if your resume will be seen at all! Spending months applying and being unsure if anyth...
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When Community helps you find your next step
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When Community helps you find your next step
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When Community helps you find your next step
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The continuous learner: Why we need to design our careers for lifelong learning
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The continuous learner: Why we need to design our careers for lifelong learning
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The hidden burden behind building quality products
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The Rigour
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The Rigour
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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The good stuff: Problems, podcasts, and progress
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A 'good problems' episode about production-testing drama, MoTaverse growth, new voices, lifelong learning, and how community conversations help people keep going.
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This Week in Quality
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I often pop my writing into an AI checker to sense-check it and identify anything that might sound too much away from my style. I use Grammarly, and while I reject approx 50% of its suggestions, it...
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Proven, my writing is mine
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Proven, my writing is mine
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Running a root cause analysis only addresses half of the problem. Instead of asking, why did we miss this? Ask, why didn’t we think of this?  Fixing a process or writing a missing automat...
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Thinking in testing: Are we missing the questions we should be asking
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Thinking in testing: Are we missing the questions we should be asking
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A celebration of STEC, the Software Testing Essentials Certificate, going live earlier that year. Big thanks to Scott for supporting with stomps and claps. TestBash / MoTaCon 2025 Day 2 99-second-t...
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We will STEC you: Testing song / rap
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We will STEC you: Testing song / rap
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We will STEC you: Testing song / rap
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This was done for TestBash 2024 99-second-talks. Since day 1 was AI-themed, I immediately thought of Shakespeare and speeches / soliloquies in his plays. I had AI write one and did one myself. Whic...
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Shakespeare by AI and Ady Stokes
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Shakespeare by AI and Ady Stokes
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Doing shift-left right: Start thinking and learning early in the development cycle
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Doing shift-left right: Start thinking and learning early in the development cycle
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Testing earlier pays off when it means questioning earlier too.
Demi Van Malcot
Test engineer, Test lead, Quality manager
she/her
I've been in testing since 2023, since then I never stopped learning and taking every opportunity I've come across. From becoming test lead not long after I started, to being a community lead for testing and for AI in at the company I work at. Nowadays I'm learning the ropes of leading with quality as I have added the role of quality manager of my department to my growing list of titles.
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