Gary Hawkes | Activities
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The Sticky Tentacles of AI
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The Sticky Tentacles of AI
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Link was chosen by the Goddesses of Quality Assurance to guard the realm from the Great Calamity (otherwise known as "Deadlines"). He spends his days navigating the complex labyrinths of offic...
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Link - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Link - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Luna - our white Lion from Sirius, protector of the realm.Munja (eng. Flash) - our Black Lightning, a shadow hunter.
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Luna & Munja (Flash) - Guardians of the MoTaverse
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Luna & Munja (Flash) - Guardians of the MoTaverse
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Thanks for the slack chat to help and put my mind at rest with Software Testing Live. Really appreciate it.
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It depends - Ask MoTaverse Anything - Ep 128
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Explore the new Ask MoTaverse Anything format, unpack “quality beyond correctness,” and pick up practical ideas for communicating impact, not just checking boxes.
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Great to hear from you.
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Thank you for joining TWiQ today!
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This Week in Quality
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The high cost of stagnant pull requests: moving towards collaborative Quality
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The high cost of stagnant pull requests: moving towards collaborative Quality
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AMA about Leadership
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6 leadership mistakes that made me a better leader
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The high cost of stagnant pull requests: moving towards collaborative Quality
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AMA about Leadership
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AMA about Leadership
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6 leadership mistakes that made me a better leader
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AMA about Leadership
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Looks Good to Me Culture
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AMA about Leadership
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AMA about Leadership
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AMA about Leadership
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AMA about Leadership
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"🎶 "Stayin aliiiiiiiiiiii-iiiiiiiiii-hiiiiiiiii-iiiiiiiiiive"🎶"
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UI testing is powerful.But it’s also… heavy.Frameworks, setup, configs, pipelines — all necessary, but sometimes overwhelming when all you want is something simple:“Is this working right now?”That’...
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From frustration to Skynet: building a lightweight UI automation helper
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From frustration to Skynet: building a lightweight UI automation helper
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AMA about Leadership
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AMA about Leadership
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AMA about Leadership
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ask the MoTaverse Anything about leadership
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A taste of what happened at a previous MoT Netherlands!
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MoT Netherlands at Squerist
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MoT Netherlands at Squerist
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MoT Netherlands at Squerist
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MoT Netherlands at Squerist
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"How do you communicate confidence in quality to those outside QE, when the confidence is beyond just the correctness of what was built?"
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Thanks for the question on my AMA, Gary! I will think about this and get an answer back to you.
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One small habit I’ve developed is updating my in-house job title to reflect the kind of testing I’m focused on at that moment.
Sometimes the title is straightforward. Sometimes it is slightly...
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Why I change my in-house job title to match the testing I’m doing
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Why I change my in-house job title to match the testing I’m doing
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"What do you do to set your career goals and motivate yourself to progress them, without having a likeminded team around you?"
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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