Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Thank you to the MoTaverse Community
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Thank you for joining the TWiQ stage today! Congrats on your new role (I didn't doubt it for a minute!)
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Attend MoTaCon!
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I'd started to get involved in the community in the previous months and met people online, but going to MoTaCon brought it all together. I felt the vibe of the community, the genuine care and respe...
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Another cracking Gemini image! 😂Seriously, I've mentioned this on a couple of calls and TWiQ podcasts that I was going through an interview process for a promotion. Well it happened, I have recentl...
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Another cracking Gemini image! 😂Seriously, I've mentioned this on a couple of calls and TWiQ podcasts that I was going through an interview process for a promotion. Well it happened, I have recentl...
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Influence, from the other side of the table
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What I learned about influence by becoming a stakeholder
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The curse of the live demo… and other testing superstitions - Ep 123
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Eggs, toilet seats and fundamental quality career advice - Ep 125
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It depends - Ask MoTaverse Anything - Ep 128
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TWiQ, camera, action: Vibe mapping high value activities - TWIQ Ep 138
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Future platforming conversations, right here, right now - TWIQ Ep 139
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Being helpful, livestream gaming and the testing edge
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This is a wealth of knowledge ready to be ingested at your own time and pace. It covers talks you may have attended, or others you weren't able to. The fact you can always go back makes it even eas...
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Content catalogue with 1,000+ sessions
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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AI Assisted Exploratory Testing with Trowser
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Dr Default persona
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In a recent discussion with Ambassadors I mentioned that I have been referred to before as "Dr Default". I thought this might be an interesting persona to explore.While others jump straight into ho...
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In a recent discussion with Ambassadors I mentioned that I have been referred to before as "Dr Default". I thought this might be an interesting persona to explore.While others jump straight into ho...
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We had our monthly Ambassador's call yesterday. We use it as an opportunity to catch up, answer any questions and give updates on things we are working on in the MoTaverse.This time, we gave a litt...
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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