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Principal Quality Engineer
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I have a sixth sense for bugs, probably due to my experience as a dev (introducing them)! I love to learn and read. Playwright fan-girl.
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Cognitive biases in software testing course.
They just kept turning up!  image
They just kept turning up!
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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They just kept turning up!  image
02/10/25. It's Thursday. The time is 16:03. It's Day 2 of MoTaCon. And I've never seen the 99-Second Talks queue grow so quickly. And even after this photo more people turned up. Such is the...
Thanks for going above and beyond in September 2025. Your community contributions create sparks and support many good... image
Thanks for going above and beyond in September 2025. Your community contributions create sparks and support many good things. 🤩
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Big thanks to everyone who supported us through this wild year of building Epic Test Quest from early interviews to testing our prototypes and giving us honest feedback. It was amazing to meet so ...
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It’s a good job Rutherford P Dog can’t read. He is not normally a massive fan of post(persons)
Contract Testing workshop is packed! image
Contract Testing workshop is packed!
Joep's zero bug policy diagram image
During this talk at Test Bash 2025, Joep mention a zero bug policy. Simply put, if we can live with it forever, forget about it, if you can't, fix it right away.
Met Stuart and learned so much!! image
Thank you Stuart!! Have learned a lot from our chat and I feel more confident in taking the next steps in introducing quality engineering at work!! ✨
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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👏 Great talk, much more useful than “yeah… we already have a bug for that …in the backlog” image
"👏 Great talk, much more useful than “yeah… we already have a bug for that …in the backlog”"
99-second talk: We know - We do - We care - We’ll be back! image
Yesterday I gave my first 99-second talk at my first MoTaCon on disaster management! When things have gone completely wrong, remember: - We know: Share the facts, without speculation but also wi...
Works on my machine rephrased image
Before: Works on my machine After: How can we improve consistency of our environments, and portability of our code
Contract Testing workshop is packed! image
Glad to be in this learning opportunity around Contract Testing with Marie Cruz and Lewis Prescott.
TestBash coffee break… image
TestBash coffee break…
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Contract Testing workshop is packed! image
Glad to be in this learning opportunity around Contract Testing with Marie Cruz and Lewis Prescott.
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
awarded Richard Adams for:
Thank you for talking about the feelings of mourning a role. Redundancy is a beast.  image
Thank you for talking about the feelings of mourning a role. Redundancy is a beast. 
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
awarded Philippa Jennings for:
Thank you for acknowledging wiggley careers and the feelings of finding yourself in “leadership”. image
Thank you for acknowledging wiggley careers and the feelings of finding yourself in “leadership”.
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
awarded Heleen Van Grootven for:
Awesome 99 second talk! Actionable, relatable, awesome 😎 image
Awesome 99 second talk! Actionable, relatable, awesome 😎
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Loving the treasure hunt today at TestBash!
Pairing with Ben Dowen at Leading with Quality image
Had the pleasure of pairing and working with Ben Dowen
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Nice talk Ben! Hopefully you consider me one of your critical friends.I love the way you use your own emojis and show... image
Nice talk Ben! Hopefully you consider me one of your critical friends.I love the way you use your own emojis and showcase how far through your presentation the audience is, but the “feedback” wave was asked for with too little notice!
The Quality Coach with Two Quality Blokes image
Amazing workshop underway at MotaCon25 with Stu Day and David Noorshargh. Really looking forward this one.
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
awarded Jitesh Gosai for:
I appreciate the way you describe the role of a Principal Quality Engineer - it helps me to explain the role of testi... image
I appreciate the way you describe the role of a Principal Quality Engineer - it helps me to explain the role of testing outside that of specific user stories.Great talk as always 👏 
Making registration easy: Understanding the complexities of online forms image
Making registration easy: Understanding the complexities of online forms
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Making registration easy: Understanding the complexities of online forms image
Reveal the surprising number of bugs hidden in online forms that cause many companies to get the basics wrong
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Spear Vishing
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Definitions of Spear Phishing
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Definitions of Vishing
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Social Engineering
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Definitions of Social Engineering
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Definitions of Phishing
Excellent talk at Test Up North on making CVs more personal through impact statements.  image
Excellent talk at Test Up North on making CVs more personal through impact statements. 
Senior Test Analyst - Automation - AQA image
Senior Test Analyst - Automation - AQA
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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QA Automation Engineer - payset image
QA Automation Engineer - payset
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Zero-Day Vulnerability image
Zero-Day Vulnerability
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Zero-Day Vulnerability image
Definitions of Zero-Day Vulnerability
QA Analyst - Booker (Tesco) image
QA Analyst - Booker (Tesco)
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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QA Analyst - Booker (Tesco) image
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
awarded Sunitha Kadirvel for:
It can be a challenge to start learning automation! Congrats for earning your a certificate in test automation! image
It can be a challenge to start learning automation! Congrats for earning your a certificate in test automation!
Lead QA Engineer - 12 Month FTC - Genomics England image
Lead QA Engineer - 12 Month FTC - Genomics England
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Automation Engineer On The Beach
Emily O'Connor
Emily O'Connor
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Senior QA Engineer - Animal Friends Pet Insurance image
Senior QA Engineer - Animal Friends Pet Insurance
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