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Ben Dowen
Lead Quality Engineer
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I explore the world of software development and testing. Join me as I continue my adventures, discovering the wonders of quality.
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Pre-Bash Ady Stokes!
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Meeting these two amazing humans outside our hotel
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Famous chips in Brighton
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99 Second Talk Queue
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James Wadley, Gwen Diagram and Ben Dowen at pre-bash social
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MoT Unlimited members
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The best thing about Jane, is theres so many of Jane
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It's ok. We've got the MoTaverse. v2
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Gotta collect all those meme badges
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That time TTP news quoted Jane allll the time
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When you tell testers to ignore your post, so you go viral
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Used MoTaverse LinkedIn Profile banner.
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Learning by watching other testers do their thing helps visualise concepts and gain insight into how the activities of testing are executed.
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Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt, answered Rosie's call to support the message that MoT is an awesome place to learn about testing.
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This is the best talk to set the scene for todays episode, love it by the way.
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Ben Dowen reviewed club post for mot stec activity and spotted error with image and order of note-taking stucture list in activity. He edited his club post activity immediately and told Sarah what to do with the image.
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Explore whether testers should automate tasks over tests. Join Ministry of Testing as they discuss automation trends, career growth, and innovation.
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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23/04/25: Ben Dowen and Brittany Stewart explored during a Software Testing Live session. They had the best fun, and so did the audience.
Watching professionals explore is a powerful technique ...
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This badge is awarded to members who contribute content towards a Ministry of Testing certification.
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This Week in Testing #86: Testing Skills, Career Growth & Community Wins
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Definitions of Vibe Coding
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Debrief the week in testing
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This badge is awarded to members who confirm their tickets to TestBash Brighton 2024
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This badge is awarded to members who confirm their tickets to TestBash Brighton 2025
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This debate explored the role of quality coaching, how it differs from quality engineering and where it is most effective
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This badge is awarded to members who create their first collection, organising learning content for themselves or others.
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This badge is awarded to members who contribute a new term or an alternative definition to the software testing glossary.
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This badge is awarded to members who have added their first meme to the MoT platform
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This badge is awarded to members who share a photo memory from the community.
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Unpack quality coaching, job titles, happy paths, and pull request templates in an episode full of candid chat and personal stories
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Explore accessibility testing with Ben and Jane
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Emily shares her understanding of the meaning of “automated testing is a tool”
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Where you work, makes a huge different to the opportunities you have to explore and execute on different parts of your job, different tools from your tool box you get to use.
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That time Ministry of Testing missed the brief, and instead of unlimited membership, built unlimited members.
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That time Jane joined This Week in Testing trice, and MEMEs needed to be made.
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We’re beyond excited to unveil the full lineup of speakers, teachers and hosts for TestBash Brighton 2025!
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By socialising the activities involved in testing software, we can share our experience and promote the craft while having some fun.
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When you need the community to help, because you don't have a community of testers at work you can vibe off, it's ok. We've got the MoTaverse.
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Folk in the road MEME, straight ahead reads "Quote literally anyone else", the turn off reads "Quote Jane D'Cruze" then at the bottom it reads "Testing planet new presenters"
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This badge is awarded to those who subscribe to the software testing news weekly newsletter.
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Have a browse of our upcoming community-led meetups
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We’re thrilled to officially announce our 2025 MoT Ambassadors
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This badge is awarded to members who Log in to MoT five days in a row.
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That moment when, you want to make a MEME about collecting all the badges, because you get a badge for posting a MEME...
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