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Ben Dowen
Lead Quality Engineer
He/Him
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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Ady and Scott talk in general
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Scott and Ady take the stage at MoTacon 2025
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TestaBash is no more as we move to a quality first focused community. It is the era of MoTaCon.
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I say today i “met Bug” but actually i got to meet the lovely community from and around MoT.
Glad to be at TestBa- i mean MotaCon!
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It was a nasty bugger that broke the code
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From Manila to Brighton. Finally made it to MotaCon25!!!
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TestBash coffee break…
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I have been following Rahul on LinkedIn for sometime now. Finally get to meet him in person!
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Thank you Stuart!! Have learned a lot from our chat and I feel more confident in taking the next steps in introducing quality engineering at work!! ✨
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Taking a selfie before starting the workshop! Full house as well 😱
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FOMO Gravity
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Martin talks about FOMO driven Ai adoption at TestBash 2025.
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Bug congrats for taking to the stage at TestBash MoTacon 2025
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During this talk at Test Bash 2025, Joep mention a zero bug policy. Simply put, if we can live with it forever, forget about it, if you can't, fix it right away.
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Joep's zero bug policy diagram
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During this talk at Test Bash 2025, Joep mention a zero bug policy. Simply put, if we can live with it forever, forget about it, if you can't, fix it right away.
awarded Joep Schuurkes for:
Bug congrats for talking on stage at MoTacon 2025.
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Thanks for all the morning debriefing and support.
awarded Cassandra H. Leung for:
Amazing job delivery your talk at #TestBash 🎉
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Lean coffee success
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MoTacon lean coffee
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I featured your Lean Coffee photo on the home page. 🙌
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MoTacon lean coffee
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MoTacon lean coffee
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Talking about Devs writing tests and pair testing during lean coffee at MoTacon 2025.
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Talking about Devs writing tests and pair testing during lean coffee at MoTacon 2025.
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Bug congrats for talking on stage at MoTacon
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Effectively lead and drive change as a tester by applying transformational and authentic leadership principles
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Great talk on navigating your career in Quality Engineering.
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Congratulations on your first 99s talk
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Started the workshop with meeting the awesome Ben Dowen.
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Thanks for all the morning debriefing and support.
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Had the pleasure of pairing and working with Ben Dowen
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Bug congrats on your first conference talk! You did great, lean and clear conversation with the audience.
awarded Keara Phillips-Vabre for:
Great 99s talk!
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You gave an excellent talk this afternoon Ben!
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Excellent talk today!
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Nice talk Ben! Hopefully you consider me one of your critical friends.I love the way you use your own emojis and showcase how far through your presentation the audience is, but the “feedback” wave was asked for with too little notice!
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Meeting Ben in real life
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Great to meet Ben in real life at MotaCon!
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Pairing with Ben Dowen at Leading with Quality
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Had the pleasure of pairing and working with Ben Dowen
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Leading the session at Leading with Quality
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
Amazing energy helping us re-frame common testing phrases that are problematic, and claim our identities are leaders at Leading with Quality.
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Thanks for facilitating the discussions on our table (Venus), making sense of our random thoughts and taking great notes! Great work
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Works on my machine rephrased
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About Me:
I’m coming from: Bradford, UK
My role is: Test Engineer/ Accessibility advocate
I’d love to meet others who are into: accessibility, exploratory testing, AI, new things!
I'm coming t...
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Works on my machine rephrased
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Before: Works on my machine
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