Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
He/Him
I am Open to Write, Mentor, Podcasting, CV Reviews
Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering
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Achieving one or more Community Stars in five or more unique months
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Another great question asked by Gary Hawkes for the :
AMA about transition from Manual to Automation Tester
From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be son...
earned:
From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be sone to bridge the gap between manual testing and automated testing being separate jobs done by separate people? ...
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From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be sone to bridge the gap between manual testing and automated testing being separate jobs done by separate people? ...
earned:
From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be sone to bridge the gap between manual testing and automated testing being separate jobs done by separate people? ...
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Another great question asked by Gary Hawkes for the :
AMA about transition from Manual to Automation Tester
From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be son...
Contributions
Another great question asked by Gary Hawkes for the :
AMA about transition from Manual to Automation Tester
From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be son...
For my AMA on Accessibility Testing, Gary Hawkes asked. "There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?" This is a great question, a...
Gary Hawkes asks:
I agree that podcasting has become a very powerful medium to communicate. What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
I'll answer this with a production head in...
Thanks for the question Emily!I remember being on a management course based on the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey many years ago. The course was great and I absorbed all ...
So Richards question in full was "My biggest challenge when I was in a leadership role was that it wasn't a position of authority. Whilst I was the leader on how to think about quality and testing,...
The turning point was in my previous role back in 2018. I'd had a cycle of : leadership role -> lose confidence from mistakes -> take a contributor role -> get promoted to leadership...
This question is taken from the AMA about quality beyond correctness, and comes from Gary Hawkes.
How do you communicate confidence in quality to those outside QE, when the confidence is beyond jus...
I've had a lot of lightbulb moments as I've been going through my leadership journey, most of them subtle learnings the built up over time. At the beginning, I thought the promotion was about me an...
Question by Gary Hawkes: How would you store any context engineering templates so they can be re-used?Response:I use Github Copilot at work. My context engineering templates are very similar (and i...
Explore the new Ask MoTaverse Anything format, unpack “quality beyond correctness,” and pick up practical ideas for communicating impact, not just checking boxes.
Inspired by the following challenge: Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything.Every organisation evolves and every person in it is unique with different needs. So leadership is tough when each step ...
