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Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
He/Him
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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Performance reviews are like marmite Ep 98
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Curiosity killed the chat - Ep 109
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TWIQ or treat: Ghostly bug stories - Ep 110
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Quality Coaching: Fizzy minds and quality problems - Ep 115
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What is the AI–quality–human loop? - Ep 118
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Small posts, big learnings: Why sharing matters more than ever - Ep 120
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The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123
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Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125
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It depends - Ask MoTaverse Anything - Ep 128
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The transition from specialist to generalist
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The transition from specialist to generalist
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We are incredibly excited to welcome Nancy Kelln to MoTaCon!Nancy has spent years rescuing chaotic, politically tangled implementations, and she’s identified a 'hidden' set of superpowers that qual...
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🖖 The hidden leadership of Quality Professionals: skills you only earn when everything goes to hell
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🖖 The hidden leadership of Quality Professionals: skills you only earn when everything goes to hell
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🖖 The hidden leadership of Quality Professionals: skills you only earn when everything goes to hell
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Small posts, big learnings: Why sharing matters more than ever - Ep 120
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TWiQ Episode 132 - AI debate extended version
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You don’t have to pick one AI tool. There is no #1 AI tool.AI tools that I use and recommend:* Claude for writing (code, non-code stuff) and long work. * ChatGPT for voice, quick search and tr...
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My AI tool stack
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My AI tool stack
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My AI tool stack
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It's funny that AI is all consuming over the internet, but when I look at my AI tool stack, there really isn't much there.Tools I actively use:
Claude has become the thing I'm most invested in at...
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My AI tool stack
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My AI tool stack
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My AI tool stack
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We are thrilled to welcome Adam Davis to the MoTaCon stage this year!Adam will be presenting a talk where he will move beyond theory to show how bringing "controlled chaos" into a safe environment ...
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🖖 When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
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🖖 When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
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🖖 When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos in practice
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The AI Collaboration Paradox - Robert Herbig
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Prompt engineering isn't the bottleneck anymore. Observability is.
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The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123
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Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125
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It depends - Ask MoTaverse Anything - Ep 128
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Just to say I loved loved loved your chat with Rosie. So much of what you said especially around the future of AI I totally agree with. 🙏
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"Thank you both Adam and Judy, really appreciate it. 🙏"
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4.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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4.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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TWiQ Episode 132 - AI debate extended version
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TWiQ Episode 132 - AI debate extended version
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TWiQ Episode 132 - AI debate extended version
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It depends - Ask MoTaverse Anything - Ep 128
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TWiQ Episode 132 - AI debate extended version
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Are we ready? How quality coaches and engineers can use patience to support their teams.
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The power of proactive patience
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The power of proactive patience
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The power of proactive patience
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Stop trying to engineer your way out of listening to people
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We’ll soon find out what is truly special about human writing
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Do I belong in tech anymore?
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