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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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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.
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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.
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
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
After: How can we improve consistency of our environments, and portability of our code
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Before: Works on my machine
After: How can we improve consistency of our environments, and portability of our code
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Barry taking to the stage and leading with quality
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Barry leading the discussion for Reframing Identity, Influence, and Impact to Lead with Quality
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Ash leading with quality
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Ash leading our conversation for "Building with Intelligence: How Quality-Driven Teams Lead with AI" at leading quality
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Scott and I are heading to Brighton and taking advantage of first class between Leeds and London. Hopefully no problems like yesterday.
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On my way to test bash .. had a nice birthday breakfast .
Now for a nice 5 hours on the trains.
Can't wait to chat with everyone about the future of testing and how we can engage with new testers.
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Keith takes to the stage for leading with quality
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Keith works in testing, and probably always will
awarded Ash Coleman Hynie for:
Congratulations for hosting an excellent session "Building with Intelligence: How Quality-Driven Teams Lead with AI" at leading with quality.
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For celebrating powerful observations during Leading with Quality workshops. You make people feel seen and empoweredÂ
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Embedding a Culture of Quality using the Quality Radar
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You can't improve what you can't see
Each of the "elements" of the quality radar requires deep thinking
Our field is filled wit...
awarded Nicola Sedgwick for:
Fantastic workshop on the quality radar to kick off leading with quality, Brighton 2025.
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