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Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
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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
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A short story...
Three weeks ago, I uploaded a contribution abstract to the MoT website.
Two weeks ago, industrial action by underground staff caused a delay in the London Meetup 5.0.
A few da...
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Back in July 2023, I finally faced one of my biggest fears, which was speaking in front of a crowd. I became a speaker at a Ministry of Testing Philippines meetup, and it was both nerve-wracking an...
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Hi! I'm coming from Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
I'm a Senior QA
I'd love to meet others who are into user experience, risk, team dynamics
I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as an attendee
I'...
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When you begin your STEC journey, but notice that one of the MOT creatures looks like your dog, Princess.
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An AI Testing Agent walks into a bar…
…and gets tricked into rewriting the menu. (Prompt Injection)
…and leaks the secret cocktail recipe. (Sensitive Data)
…and installs a shady bar plugin. (Sup...
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What quality conversations happen in-person? Get a sense of what's going on in the MoTaverse with this week's MoTaverse Weekly
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About Me:
I’m coming from: London, UK
My role is: QA Engineer (open to work)
I’d love to meet others who are into: accessibility, exploratory testing, AI, quality coaching
I'm coming to TestBas...
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Eamon is always up and ready to deliver great talk . He talked about Google Vs Chatgpt search which was amazing
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Bug hunt is one of the favourite task in tester's life and it doubles the fun if rewarded.
Enjoyed the Bug hunt challenge at London MoT Meetup 5.0.
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Letttss gooooooo
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Turn conversations into visible testing through shared runbooks that raise quality
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Everyday accessibility testing your whole team can do
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Testing is shifting in a way where quality is increasingly everyone's responsibility
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Thanks for sharing lots of helpful things in the chat during today's This Week in Testing.
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I love going to tech conferences.
I keep an open mind and fill my brain with ideas.
I plan my day and don’t plan. Either works.
I check to see if it’s ok to speak to someone who is by them...
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Christian presents GitHub Actions, does some live coding and encourages a discussion.
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Gabrijela facilitates the first open space at the Munich meetup.
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It's was great to see and meet new faces and known faces as well yesterday at London Meetup 5.0
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"A brilliant brilliant article! Thanks for sharing this, its articles like this that influence active empowerment and bring the best out of teams."
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Explore how to challenge unhealthy levels of team conformity and help your team make better decisions earlier
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Not every large language model (LLM) is built the same, and not every tester needs the same models.
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Collect and share your impact stories to show your value and support your career growth
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We've been focusing on iterative improvements for TestBash.
This year we'll announce some bigger than normal changes, but in the meantime, I've been quite happy with the many smaller changes we'...
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Is it time to hand over test automation to developers? Explore MoTaverse Weekly to find out what's been happening and what's next.
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I spotted Posthog's new website via an update from Cory Watlio on LinkedIn, the person behind the redesign.
You can feel the sense of excitement embedded with an audacious flavoured fear of the ...
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The Corn Exchange at TestBash is a hubbub of activity! And in 2025, there are many loud and quiet ways to get involved.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are hiding. Can you find them?
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Becoming STEC qualified is now a thing!
I'm STEC qualified, are you!?
STEC, STEC, STEC.
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A snapshot from our first MoT Porto meetup back in April! The energy was fantastic. We're excited to continue fostering a strong testing community here in Porto.
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MoT-NL is back — and what a comeback it was!
Yesterday, September 9th, we held the very first chapter meeting of Ministry of Testing Netherlands — and it felt like a long-lost friend finally retur...
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Spotted this on our activity feed. It instantly brought a smile to my face.
Lynda Hughes awards Beth Marshall a community star for her contributions to the Software Testing Essentials Certifica...
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Scott Kenyon and I are bringing colour to TestBash in our brand new, TestBash jackets. But you will have to wait to see the front.
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Hello MoTaverse!
I am currently working on my research project and dissertation for my MSc in Technology Management, my chosen topic? Testing of course!
More specifically, I'm looking at compe...
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The time that Simon Tomes was surprisingly replaced by Bug as co-host on TWIT episode 104
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It's 13:25 on a Thursday, 12th September 2024. TestBash is go!
"Hey, Rosie"
"Hey, Simon"
"All ok?"
"Yep!"
"You?"
"Yep! Cool. Selfie?"
"Yep!"
When you're busy making sure everyone at T...
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Embracing chaos with the MoTaverse by your side - Ep 104
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Embrace the chaos as testers share real-world struggles, celebrate Worldwide Tester Day, and tap into the MoTaverse for positive vibes, support, and fresh ideas.
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Explore different mindsets to improve testing, overcome bias, and add more value.
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Thanks for participating in the chat during This Week in Testing, Episode 104.
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I’m coming from: Bitburg. Germany
My role is: Principal Test Architect
I’d love to meet others who are into testing, test automation, and people who can tell/ teach me about quality engineering.
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I’m coming from Christchuch, England
My role is: QA and Release Manager
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I’m coming from: Amsterdam, Netherlands
My role is: QA Tester
I’d love to meet others who are into: challenging, improving and sharing
I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as a: Attendee
I’ve been to T...
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Hello! This is Jokin from Valencia, Spain.
My current role is Problem Manager in Nespresso.
I´m coming to TestBash as an Attendee
I been to testbash many times.
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Call me Dima because you won't be able to pronounce my name ;D.
I’m coming from Berlin, originally I'm from Ukraine. My role is: Manual software tester. And it's been like this for the last 7 yea...
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Testing, Episode 104. Great to hear your advice.
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About Me:
I’m coming from: London, UK
My role is: QA Lead
I’d love to meet others who are into: API Testing, Contract Testing
I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as a: Speaker
I’ve been to TestBash: T...
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Hi, I am Jaime from London and will be attending both days of TestBash 2025. This will be my first time attending and excited to experience the event
Looking forward to seeing you all there
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Hello, my name is... Isabel Evans
About Me:
I’m coming from: Scotland.
My role is: Post graduate research student at University of Malta.
I’d love to meet others who are into: want to discuss ...
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I’m coming from: near Skipton in West Yorkshire, UK
My role is: Programme Lead for Software Testing Apprenticeships for BPP University - School of Technology
I’d love to meet others who are i...
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"I'm not sure how deep the answers need to be so they are relatively brief, but I'm very happy if you need more to have a deeper chat with me if it will help. 😁"
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are hiding outside the entrance to the Brighton Dome, the venue for TestBash 2025. Can you find them?
I took this photo while grabbing a quick breather during ...
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