Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Why Quality teams are built on character, not just skills
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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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Why Quality teams are built on character, not just skills
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Why Quality teams are built on character, not just skills
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Why Quality teams are built on character, not just skills
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What a darts team taught me about building high-performing quality teams
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Principal engineer Abby Bangser explains how platform engineering shifts quality feedback into the infrastructure layer. And why that's a massive opportunity for quality engineers.
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When quality becomes infrastructure - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 23
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When quality becomes infrastructure - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 23
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When quality becomes infrastructure - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 23
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"This is a brilliant comprehensive article! I've saved this in one of my collections as its one I'm going to return to. All of your test strategies are perfect building blocks for those who are about to begin testing products with LLM capabilities. We a..."
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Learn how to evaluate LLM quality and limitations using a range of testing techniques, from unit and regression testing to bias, adversarial and explainability testing.
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A practical introduction to testing LLMs
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A practical introduction to testing LLMs
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A practical introduction to testing LLMs
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A practical introduction to testing LLMs
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"Great conversation, thank you! I like the realisation of where to take advantage of peoples skills across the team. I admit, the dedicated automators I've worked with were better coders than testers. I've only worked with 1 quality engineer who could m..."
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There's a skill in spotting which of your activities are genuinely high value
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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"Very enjoyable chat, thanks for this. We work in peaks and troughs, and in the troughs I do a lot of learning but not necessarily thinking of my vision of the team."
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What if strategic thinking is mostly subtraction?
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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My latest blog post - overcoming toxic leadership: real stories
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And are you shifting critical thinking left?
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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These wins in quality: Grins, Gary and going for it - Ep 142
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How does Wimbledon relate to success in QE?
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Bring Back Crappy Forums
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Thank you for your great article on overcoming toxic leadership!
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My latest blog post - overcoming toxic leadership: real stories
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Wins and grins
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Overcoming Toxic Leadership: Real Stories
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering. Recently promoted to Head of Engineering (Jul 2026).
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