Ben Dowen | Activities

Realised from listening to this week in testing, being in various meetups and conferences this year - a handy wee tip. Hope it helps.

Almost there Ben!

Ben Dowen aka Full Snack Tester attempting to get some MoT Swag!

Thanks for bigging up TestBash in the chat during Episode 97 of This Week in Testing. 

Susanne Abdelrahman reality checks the growth in responsibility for QA/quality folks. She also shares a helpful car analogy during her conversation with Rosie Sherry. Susanne Abdelrahman: Wh...

Thanks for being super active on The Club this week.

Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.

The Green Room before MoT Tunis

Myself, Mariem and Ben in the Green Room before MoT Tunis Online. Simon Tomes appears to be there in spirit!

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Thanks for doing a talk at MoT Tunis.

Build a quality career slides

Building a quality career

Dan Ashby Blog

Door not mouth

10 Portfolio Projects for Automation Engineers

When is a Tester not a Tester?

All QA Testing Roles

MoT Members open to mentor

Slides and links from the talk "Building a quality career" by Ben Down, given at MoT Sousse and Tunis meet-up, 30th June 2025

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Experiment with AI development tools to understand their impact on delivery speed and the quality engineering challenges they create for teams

The brilliant Ben Dowen shares his contagious charisma during a STEC demo lesson. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/stec

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The brilliant Ben Dowen shares his contagious charisma during a STEC demo lesson. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/stec

Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."

MoT Ambassador Crew

Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other. Grateful to be in this room of passionate and serious testers.

Leadership do not come with the title. It's an art, style and capability to do it. Anyone can extend their hand, raise voice to lead who has a strong feeling and willingness to take the ownership a...

Leadership in Quality

Leadership do not come with the title. It's an art, style and capability to do it. Anyone can extend their hand, raise voice to lead who has a strong feeling and willingness to take the ownership a...

Leading with quality actions, not titles Ep95

Tune in for real stories of testers stepping up, driving change, and building quality-first cultures

Thank you for co-hosting This Week in Testing, Episode 95. Team MoT and the community are glad you brought folks together to discuss many topics related to leadership. 

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In the MoTaverse we're doing some research into job titles and you can help by updating your MoT Profile with your current or most recent job title. It will only take a moment to do via

Create concise test plans that get read and understood by busy people

5 Reasons I'm super excited to go to TestBash Brighton 2025

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“Bug! Bug! Bug!” shouted my seven year old son as I said goodbye to him for the day. He loves this Bug t-shirt. So the two of us (Bug, not my son) stand ready at the train station. We’re all se...