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Lynda Hughes
Manager - Test Automation Lead
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Test Automation Lead with 6 years experience in Quality Engineering, working at Deloitte, and based in Belfast. My main focus is test automation and training others.
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STEC is more than a testing certificate. It's community-in-action.
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Come for the certifications, stay for the TestBash and Unlimited Membership
awarded Elizabeth Zagroba for:
Thank you for your talk at TestBash. It was interesting to learn about your role and how you approached the challenges. Didn't get a chance to photograph the side quests, hoping can catch them on the recording.
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Thanks for bigging up STEC during Software Testing Live. 😃
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Thanks for being super active in the chat during Software Testing Live.
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I love going to tech conferences.
I keep an open mind and fill my brain with ideas.
I plan my day and don’t plan. Either works.
I check to see if it’s ok to speak to someone who is by them...
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Spotted this on our activity feed. It instantly brought a smile to my face.
Lynda Hughes awards Beth Marshall a community star for her contributions to the Software Testing Essentials Certifica...
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Just watched Ben Dowen's Masterclass Teamwork Makes The Dream Work which was linked in the chat at Software Testing Live. It was the perfect resource at the perfect time! I have been thinking about how to map out knowledge/confidence gaps and I love this approach, so thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing a link to Ben Dowen's Masterclass Teamwork Makes The Dream Work in Software Testing Live. It was the perfect resource at the perfect time! I have been thinking about how to map out knowledge/confidence gaps and I love this approach, so thank you for sharing.
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Test multiple system layers with confidence
awarded Mark Nowacki for:
"It's a one-line change." That old classic! Made me laugh!
awarded Mariem SAFI for:
Thanks for being active in the chat and sharing some useful resources in Software Testing Live. Nice to have the live interaction :)
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Thank you for co-presenting this week's Software Testing Live, and sharing your knowledge.
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Loving the Software Testing Live sessions. So glad to catch this one live this evening. Always a fun time and learned new things, and appreciated the tools and knowledge shared.
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Learn how Oracles and Heuristics can expand your exploratory testing and improve your credibility as a tester
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STEC is more than a testing certificate. It's community-in-action.
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Spotted this on our activity feed. It instantly brought a smile to my face.
Lynda Hughes awards Beth Marshall a community star for her contributions to the Software Testing Essentials Certifica...
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Great to see you share your appreciation for Beth Marshall's contribution to STEC via a community star. 🤩
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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...
awarded Beth Marshall for:
Just finished your brief history of software testing on the STEC course. Your passion for testing really comes across, and the content was fantastic. Just wanted to say thanks!
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This badge is awarded to members who visit the Ministry of Testing site 99 times
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This badge is awarded to members who update their social links on their profile.
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This badge is awarded to members who add their pronouns to their member profile, helping create a more inclusive community.
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Bug congrats on earning your Community Certificate!
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This badge is awarded to members who indicate they are open to work, writing, teaching, speaking, mentoring, CV reviewing or internships.
awarded Sarah Deery for:
Found this week's TWiT really interesting, thanks for telling us more about STEC
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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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Discover how running small, courageous experiments can help any tester or quality-minded technologist truly lead with quality
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Thank you for going above and beyond in July 2025. Team MoT sees you and appreciates you, as does the community. Your positive impact and interactions make a difference.
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One of the biggest reasons people come for MoT Professional Membership is that places like LinkedIn Learning and Pluralsight just don't serve them with the insights and learning that they need.
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This badge is awarded to members who confirm their tickets to TestBash Brighton 2025
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This badge is awarded to members who confirm their tickets to Leading with Quality 2025
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Come for the certifications, stay for the TestBash and...
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"It was so much better than I ever imagined."
Come for the certifications, stay for the TestBash, go Unlimited and find your people!
Thank you, Lynda Hughes!
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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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Thanks for showing up for TWiT!
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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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It was great to hear you on TWiT today, thank you for your words.
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Thank you for sharing your appreciation for the MoT community during Episode 97 of This Week in Testing. So glad to hear that meeting folks at TestBash reignited your passion for the career you're in.
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Top tips for TestBash: How to explore the happy path Ep 97
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Plan your TestBash goals, celebrate fresh Community Stars, and spark new connections across the testing world.
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⭐️ You can now earn a star for starting a Club post
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You can now earn a Community Star when you start a Club post.
Coming soon you will also earn a star when you contribute to a Club post too.
I'm also taking this opportunity to thank Simon, J...
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I've lost count of how many times I hear a random person say, "Why doesn't this thing just work!" It's tiring. Yet I also have an internal wry smile thinking that we testers will continue to improv...
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A four-panel comic illustrating the concept of technical debt. In the first panel, two stick figures dressed as miners, wearing helmets and holding tools, excitedly say 'This way!' as they enter a ...
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This is me practicing simple ways of trying to explain what it is we do as software testers, quality assurance and quality engineering professionals.
How would you word it on a card board sign?
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David Beckham meme where Victoria beckham claims to have tested all the requirements
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A person in a black shirt holds up a sign against a red brick wall in an urban setting. The sign reads 'I'm QA Superhero: Saving deployments one test at a time'. Several people wearing winter hats ...
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two people suggest you fix flaky tests by disabling them or doing a retry. someone else suggests you automate at right layer, use appropriate waits and better selectors
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Not really a story. But when I saw the picture it immediately made me think of how sometimes different software components are hacked together to create an integrated system
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