Gary Hawkes | Activities
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I love doing a bit of crafting with my girls.
So I had a go at making bug from a toilet roll, pipe cleaners and some paint (pens).
I used a glue gun to stick the top part together.
Maybe h...
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Start small, build trust, and grow your influence to shape how quality is valued across an organisation
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Shine a light. The TORCH technique for exploratory testing helps quality professionals bring structure and freedom to their exploratory testing sessions.So what? Exploratory testing appears to hav...
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We may call Human-Centric testing (Manual, experience based, heuristics, context dependant)
There’s a recurring conversation in our industry that human involvement in testing might become obsole...
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Notes of key moments and learnings from Leading with Quality - Podcast, where the guest was Matthew Whitaker.
You can watch the podcast series here: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/collections...
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When different role meets in same universe...
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We've got our work cut out.
Let's take a moment spare a thought for the future of quality in the age of AI.
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"We don't need QA."
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Who’s translating chaos into business impact?
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"I direct people to things they haven't considered and then leave it to them to reconsider. 😁"
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Mega bug congrats on your first MoTaverse article! It's jammed packed with gold. Love the honesty and openness. 🤩May this be one of many more contributions. Nice one, Gary!
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Explore how testing artefacts outlive code to provide the clearest understanding of how a system works.
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6 leadership mistakes that made me a better leader
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Learn from the mistakes and career lessons of an experienced leader to shape your path as a trusted leader in quality.
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See how operational definitions bring clarity to requirements and support earlier testing
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We don't mess about when it comes to recording talks at TestBash. Just check out this kit from the visual and audio team at TestBash 2024. Very cool indeed.
It allows us to produce high-quality ...
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My notes from the podcast from Leading with Quality with Nigel Brookes-Thomas as the guest.
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About Me:
I’m coming from: Cleveland Ohio, USA
My role is: Developer Advocate
I’d love to meet others who are into: New and innovated test techniques
I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as a: Ambassado...
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Full name: Jesper Ottosen
From: Aarhus, Denmark
My title at work is: Senior Advisory Consultant
My interests are: Leading Test Activities, Strategies, Staff-roles, Security and Compliance.
I’...
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This week in Testing - Another great episode where we had talk about the upcoming Test Bash -2025 preparations, suggestions about how to recognise people.
Little bit talk about shifting focus tow...
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Shared my first blog on how QA is evolving — from hands-on testing to automation and now AI-powered approaches.
Curious to know: what would you keep manual, automate, or hand over to AI?
https:...
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I’m coming from Germany.
My role is: Junior Test Automation Engineer
I'm super interested in and would love to talk to: Basics in automation, all things in testing, ADHD.
I'm coming t...
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I've been hosting Leading With Quality conversations. It's my first committed video podcast style series, this one being available to Professional Members only. We're trying to balance it out with ...
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Notes of key moments and learnings from Leading with Quality - Podcast, where the guest was Gary Hawkes
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Moments - Leading with Quality - Gary Hawkes
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Notes of key moments and learnings from Leading with Quality - Podcast, where the guest was Gary Hawkes
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Great to hear from you during This Week in Testing. Glad to hear your excitement for TestBash.
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TestBash: AI OK - Ep 101
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The community discuss their excitement for TestBash and the value of community support. And ask, is there too much focus on AI right now?
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Inspired by Emily's "Accepted Challenge" star to you. Thanks for accepting the challenge to test out your mic during TWiT. No regression from last week. It was great to hear from you!
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Good to see you accept the challenge to join TWIT. Looking forwards to meeting.
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What blind faith in AI looks like
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How I feel AI is being pushed right now from certain quarters, encouraging blind faith and an abdication of responsibility
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Disclaimer: Just for fun purposes!
Given the on going conversations and trends.
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When I first stepped into the world of software, I chose Flutter. The idea of building beautiful apps for web and mobile with a single codebase fascinated me. I spent months learning Dart, tinkerin...
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The "Testing using oracles" STEC lesson by Lena Nyström is an important one. She expertly works with many types of oracles during Lesson 4 of Module 10 of STEC (Software Testing Essentials Certific...
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Spotted a bug on my MoT profile where contributions briefly appeared and then disappeared. Big thanks to the MoT team for quickly confirming and working on a fix! Appreciate the fast response and t...
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A short video from the 16th Meetup of Ministry of Testing Athens, featuring Emily O'Connor, Angie Jones, and Ema Zyka
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Notes of key moments and learnings from Leading with Quality - Podcast, where the guest was Deborah Sherwood
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Discover how to scale quality through others while keeping customer needs and human insight at the centre
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Super excited to see this pop in to my inbox - a formal invitation from none other than Rosie to take to the TestBash stage. This'll be my first ever public speaking opportunity! Now all I've got t...
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Inspired by Rahul's words on his post celebrating 100 community stars: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rahul-parwal_100-stars-100-stories-in-the-motaverse-activity-7362354974204354560-XDJ5?
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Eighteen months, 19 modules, and 59 amazing contributors later, the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certification is complete!
Looking back, my favourite part has been seeing so many community m...
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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