Gary Hawkes | Activities
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AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point?
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What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
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Testing In The Time Of AI
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When Effort Isn’t Enough: A Systems Approach To Leadership
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How Long Contexts Fail
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Is a tech community worth your time?
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Gary Hawkes asks:
I agree that podcasting has become a very powerful medium to communicate. What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
I'll answer this with a production head in...
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What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
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What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
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For my AMA on Accessibility Testing, Gary Hawkes asked. "There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?" This is a great question, a...
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There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?
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There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?
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There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?
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For my AMA on Accessibility Testing, Gary Hawkes asked. "There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?" This is a great question, a...
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What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
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Gary Hawkes asks:
I agree that podcasting has become a very powerful medium to communicate. What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
I'll answer this with a production head in...
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"I struggle with CV's in general when recruiting especially when they're a skills tick sheet and I hate my own CV as a result, even when I've tried to change it to a new format. So if you're CV is a bland bullet point list of experience that spans say n..."
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"As we all know, we can have our good days and bad days when testing. What snacks help you overcome those bad days and help with your mindset?"
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"I agree that podcasting has become a very powerful medium to communicate. What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?"
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"When did you learn the art of appearing in front of Quality Engineers and then disappearing when they wanted to introduce you to developers?"
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This question is taken from the AMA about quality beyond correctness, and comes from Gary Hawkes.
How do you communicate confidence in quality to those outside QE, when the confidence is beyond jus...
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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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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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6 leadership mistakes that made me a better leader
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AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations?
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"When do feel a community can be classed as successful?"
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"There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?"
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AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point?
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AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations?
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AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations?
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Thanks for the question Emily!I remember being on a management course based on the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey many years ago. The course was great and I absorbed all ...
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AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority?
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So Richards question in full was "My biggest challenge when I was in a leadership role was that it wasn't a position of authority. Whilst I was the leader on how to think about quality and testing,...
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AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point?
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AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point?
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The turning point was in my previous role back in 2018. I'd had a cycle of : leadership role -> lose confidence from mistakes -> take a contributor role -> get promoted to leadership...
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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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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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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This question is taken from the AMA about quality beyond correctness, and comes from Gary Hawkes.
How do you communicate confidence in quality to those outside QE, when the confidence is beyond jus...
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Simon asks:If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
Testing would be something with variety, that has an element of different sizes and flavours, even some randomn...
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Can you share a story about an early days leadership lightbulb moment?
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I've had a lot of lightbulb moments as I've been going through my leadership journey, most of them subtle learnings the built up over time. At the beginning, I thought the promotion was about me an...
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
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Head of Engineering who came from QE. Admirer of all humans (with a special affinity for testers). I love to bring out the best in people and help them grow. I have a very tactical view of delivery and love working to find the sweet spot so that processes are a balance between effort and value. Music nut.
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