Gary Hawkes | Activities
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Performance reviews are like marmite Ep 98
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Explore why performance reviews divide testers, uncover lessons from bug hunts, and experiment with AI tools that speed up delivery.
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Thanks for showing up for TWiT!
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Discover how becoming aware of your organisation’s hidden map of influence can help you challenge bad metrics and lead with quality.
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"I love when I see my junior testers ask for help, and the senior goes, I actually don't know either. Let's go find out together." shares Jenny.
So cool to see Nataliia Burmei and Jenny Bramble...
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Learn how to influence, advocate, and create change when you’re struggling to get buy-in
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How Google defines quality as part of developer velocity
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Here is Lewis Prescott, recording a lesson for his upcoming course, "Modern integration testing: Tools, techniques, and strategies for continuous quality."
In this lesson, Lewis walks you throug...
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Great to catchup with Simon and Callum at the MoT London meetup. It was the biggest one yet and a lot of people for me ha, so nice to chat with familiar faces!
And see the people enjoying their...
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Happy times gathering again at MoT London with these quality people.
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Recorded today, a brilliant talk with Marie Cruz, Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs — coming soon to Ministry of Testing!
In “STEM in the garden: How to monitor plants with IoT sensors a...
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👋 About Me:I'm coming from Berlin, Germany 🐻My role is Project Manager @ Assecor with an obsession for quality and communityI'd love to meet and connect with everyone! I'm coming to TestBash 2...
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🪐 The MoTaverse is everywhere!Look who I met last week on our yearly company sailing event: Even mascots need some vacation from time to time!Space Duck: Was chilling with their friends near the Wh...
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Perhaps the best Slackbot response ever, it sure does make me giggle.
Disclaimer: Just a bit of community humour. We love seeing more pathways open up for quality learning!
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Taking a break between talks before it fills back up again, Emily recommends getting up on stage to take it all in. Something we welcome everyone to try at TestBash.
Can you find Bug, Space Duc...
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Tools, tools and tools. In the MoTaverse we do like to talk about tools. And rightly so. Tools can be one of the things that support or hinder our careers. As Rahul Parwal puts it during the Softwa...
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Nicola Sedgwick shared these wise words during a TestBash talk in Brighton in 2016. And Rosie Sherry recently reminded us that "At the heart of Quality is Care is the idea that we continually make ...
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I’m coming from: Beckton, London
My role is: QA, writer, jobseeker
I’d love to meet others who are into: working together to make things, break things and build them back better.
I'm coming to T...
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Use this simple, creative technique to break down acceptance criteria and reveal missed scenarios
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Boost Agile process reliability, project engagement and teamwork with in-sprint test automation
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Come for the certifications, stay for TestBash, Leading with Quality, Professional Membership and more! There's simply nothing else like it!
Our goal in the MoTaverse is to make it as easy as po...
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Follow a personal journey of failure, growth, and rediscovery shaped by persistence and a supportive testing community
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I had a wonderful chat with Gary Hawkes about his journey over the years with testing and now quality engineering and I absolutely love how it felt like his story was that all roads have led to qua...
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All roads lead to quality
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I had a wonderful chat with Gary Hawkes about his journey over the years with testing and now quality engineering and I absolutely love how it felt like his story was that all roads have led to qua...
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When you shift from “Here’s what I think we should do” to “What would change if we understood why this keeps happening?”, you stop being the tester with opinions and start being the person who unlo...
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Thanks for accepting my challenge and dishing out your first star! 😇
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Bug congrats on the new role! Go make a difference!
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It was good talking today, thank you!
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Thanks for trying to get up on stage for TWiT, I think it deserves a star! 🤣
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Whats your Testbash Tips for newbees?
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Thanks for being super active on The Club.
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Here's my TestBash 2025 intro:
I’m coming from: Begijnendijk, Belgium
My role is: Test engineer
I’d love to meet others who: love exploring everything testing and quality
I'm coming to ...
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Hello, my name is Stu Day
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I’m coming from: Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK
My role is: Head of Quality & Quality Talks Founder/Podcast Host
I’d love to meet others who are into: To...
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About Me:
I’m coming from: London, UK
My role is: QA Engineer (Thanks to Jesse for reminding me to update it!)
I’d love to meet others who are into: Quality coaching, being open and vulnera...
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Thanks for sharing your Community Certification on LinkedIn.
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Earned through actions that have made the MoT Community a more pleasant and useful place to be.
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Achieving one or more Community Stars in five or more unique months
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Unpack how leading with quality means staying clear on scope, making trade-offs, and influencing without authority.
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Thank you for going above and beyond in June 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
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We just broke another record. In June 2025, the MoTaverse awarded 934 community stars. That's up nearly 21% from May! And this meant more stars for the same number of members. 171 in both June and ...
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Upcoming event? Here's my tips to encourage top tier networking that goes beyond the usual "who are you and what do you do?"
Before you head out the door, wear something you'll WANT to be photog...
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All of a sudden MoT STEC (Software Testing Essentials Certification) doubles its value.
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Are you an ISQTC or a MoT Certified kind of person?
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After drinks at the local battle cruiser after another successful meetup
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In the crowd of 180 people at MoT Meet-up 4.0 London, I found two Great Minds sitting together. Why to miss the opportunity to have a selfie with them.
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About Me:
I’m coming from: Eastbourne, England, UK
My role is: QA Lead
I'm happy to talk about anything testing related, but particularly interested in talking tools, automation and quality engi...
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Rosie and Simon talking about the importance and significance of certifications. Did someone say STEC? Yes, its buzzing STEC STEC STEC STEC 🙌
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In search of quality.
And in having conversations about leading with quality.
I can't help but think about software quality.
It is out there.
And each conversation helps formulate my th...
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05/04/19, Brighton.
A TestBash 2019 Apple Photos memory just popped up on my iMac.
Rosie Sherry encouraged me and my business partner, Rajit Singh, to develop a physical version of TestBudd...
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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