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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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Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Ramanan Prabakaran for:
900+ Stars in MoT image
900+ Stars in MoT
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
900+ Stars in MoT image
900+ Stars in MoT
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Simon Tomes for:
900+ Stars in MoT image
900+ Stars in MoT
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
πŸ€” What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes? image
"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...
πŸ€” What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes? image
πŸ€” What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes?
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Diana Dromey for:
πŸ€” What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes? image
πŸ€” What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes?
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Ady Stokes for:
πŸ€” What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes? image
πŸ€” What would your life had been like, without your Pro Membership Ady Stokes?
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
They often say getting started is the hardest part. image
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 didn’t take long before...
They often say getting started is the hardest part. image
They often say getting started is the hardest part.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Chris Pratt for:
They often say getting started is the hardest part. image
They often say getting started is the hardest part.
Thank you very much Gary for joining us on stage last Friday in This week in Quality show. Thanks for sharing your st... image
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.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Great to hear your story around the subject of leaving jobs and managing a family. Resonated with me πŸ™ image
Great to hear your story around the subject of leaving jobs and managing a family. Resonated with me πŸ™
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Eamon Droko for:
Great work hosting Eamon πŸ‘ image
Great work hosting Eamon πŸ‘
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Great work hosting Nat πŸ‘ image
Great work hosting Nat πŸ‘
Thank you for sharing in this weeks TWiQ episodeΒ  image
Thank you for sharing in this weeks TWiQ episodeΒ 
Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125 image
Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
contributed:
Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125 image
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.
Thanks for sharing on stage during This Week in Quality. image
Thanks for sharing on stage during This Week in Quality.
This Week in Quality image
This Week in Quality
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
commented on:
I used to have a whale mug where the handle was in the shape of its tale. Whilst I admired its accuracy in design, fi... image
"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."
This Week in Quality image
This Week in Quality
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
registered for:
This Week in Quality image
Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right image
Explore shift right and how to practice it within testing
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right image
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Callum Akehurst-Ryan for:
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right image
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Callum Akehurst-Ryan for:
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right image
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right image
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
commented on:
I've established the principle to "politely" not wait to be invited by product and project people and start influenci... image
"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..."
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Callum Akehurst-Ryan for:
Great work Callum. Your masterclass has given me enough to start the conversation about what we could add. πŸ™ image
Great work Callum. Your masterclass has given me enough to start the conversation about what we could add. πŸ™
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right. image
We can test in production: An introduction to shifting testing right.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Nadja Schulz for:
Thanks for bringing me in to help you. Really looking forward to seeing what we can come up with. image
Thanks for bringing me in to help you. Really looking forward to seeing what we can come up with.
It was great to talk today, thank you! image
It was great to talk today, thank you!
Great to explore article ideas with you and Nadja. I look forward to seeing how those ideas evolve. image
Great to explore article ideas with you and Nadja. I look forward to seeing how those ideas evolve.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
There's no such thing as a testing mindset image
Depending on the context, we think in different ways
There's no such thing as a testing mindset image
There's no such thing as a testing mindset
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Ady Stokes for:
There's no such thing as a testing mindset image
There's no such thing as a testing mindset
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Simon Tomes for:
There's no such thing as a testing mindset image
There's no such thing as a testing mindset
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat image
Combine AI-generated tests with intelligent test selection to manage large regression suites and speed up feedback
Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat image
Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Jamie Motheral for:
Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat image
Does AI test generation actually improve velocity? Solving the regression bloat
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
The whole-team quality approach image
A look at the structure and responsibilities of a whole-team quality approach
The whole-team quality approach image
The whole-team quality approach
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
The whole-team quality approach image
The whole-team quality approach
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
The relationship test image
In the age of AI, for how long should the we test?
The relationship test image
The relationship test
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
The relationship test image
The relationship test
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
commented on:
Hearing what you said about influencing developers, I think you're on the right path. Its no different to influencing... image
"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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