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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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900+ Stars in MoT
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900+ Stars in MoT
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900+ Stars in MoT
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"Without my Pro membership and MoT, I wouldn't have been as successful as a software tester or learned as much as I have from the hundreds of members through talks, articles, insights, and discussi...
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π€ What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes?
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π€ What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes?
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π€ What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes?
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Even more so with something as personal as a blog, where we put ourselves out there for the world to see.
I came to testing mid-career, and the transition was intense. It didnβt take long before...
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They often say getting started is the hardest part.
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They often say getting started is the hardest part.
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Thank you very much Gary for joining us on stage last Friday in This week in Quality show. Thanks for sharing your story, your daughter's story and showing us how support can make people's dream come true.
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Great to hear your story around the subject of leaving jobs and managing a family. Resonated with me π
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Great work hosting Eamon π
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Great work hosting Nat π
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Thank you for sharing in this weeks TWiQ episodeΒ
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Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125
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Hear honest job-search and career-change stories, pick up confidence-boosting advice from the community, and enjoy the wonderfully weird side-threads that make the MoTaverse feel like home.
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Thanks for sharing on stage during This Week in Quality.
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This Week in Quality
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"I used to have a whale mug where the handle was in the shape of its tale. Whilst I admired its accuracy in design, fish tales are not exactly designed to be held."
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MoTacon Singers
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MoTacon Singers
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This Week in Quality
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Share your weekβs highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Explore shift right and how to practice it within testing
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We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
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We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
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We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
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We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
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"I've established the principle to "politely" not wait to be invited by product and project people and start influencing them as soon as I can. For example, with product people I track when they create stories. I can either wait for the refinement sessi..."
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Great work Callum. Your masterclass has given me enough to start the conversation about what we could add. π
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We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right.
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Thanks for bringing me in to help you. Really looking forward to seeing what we can come up with.
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It was great to talk today, thank you!
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Great to explore article ideas with you and Nadja. I look forward to seeing how those ideas evolve.
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Depending on the context, we think in different ways
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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Combine AI-generated tests with intelligent test selection to manage large regression suites and speed up feedback
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Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat
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Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat
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A look at the structure and responsibilities of a whole-team quality approach
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The whole-team quality approach
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The whole-team quality approach
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In the age of AI, for how long should the we test?
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The relationship test
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The relationship test
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"Hearing what you said about influencing developers, I think you're on the right path. Its no different to influencing outside engineering."
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