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AMA about Crafting CVs for the UK Job Market image
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 nearly 40 years like mine, what are the top tips to turn it into something that will make me and recruiters smile reading it?
AMA about Full Snack Testing image
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?
AMA about Podcasting image
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?
AMA about Being Famous image
When did you learn the art of appearing in front of Quality Engineers and then disappearing when they wanted to introduce you to developers?
AMA about Community image
When do feel a community can be classed as successful?
AMA about Accessibility Testing  image
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 about quality beyond correctness image
How do you communicate confidence in quality to those outside QE, when the confidence is beyond just the correctness of what was built?
AMA about Working as a Lone Tester image
What do you do to set your career goals and motivate yourself to progress them, without having a likeminded team around you?
The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs image
This was fascinating! So much so I saved to one of my private collections so I can go back to it. Thanks for sharing 🙏
Product-minded testing: choosing what matters when everything feels important image
Great Article Ishalli! Saved into my private influential articles collection. As our team has gotten smaller over the years we have had to adapt. We've been learning to be far more risk based. What we're missing currently is that insight from customers. We're not close to them ourselves and the priority of the information flow from Product and Customer Success teams, is usually too specific to prioritise. However, we have been pushing a few more initiatives to influence that conversation 🤞
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Gary Hawkes
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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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