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When testing, how much thinking about thinking do you do?

Doing this certification was cool, haha!! I'm Software Testing Essentials Certified (STEC) !! Thanks guys, for creating an opportunity to contribute to this certificate. Got to know a lot of "ho...

Amazing work crafting the multiple-choice questions for STEC. They are spot on! 

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Have you used HIL or SIL in your embedded testing workflow? What was your biggest challenge?

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I'm STEC certified!

I'm happy to share that I have successfully completed the course and passed the test for Software Testing Essentials (STEC). I wanted to be the first to be STEC Certified but someone else beat me t...

Nice one on shipping Mark Winteringham's new course!

Thanks for letting me know about the incorrect link in a news post :)

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Amazing work getting Mark Winteringham's course live: First request to test suite: 30 days to API testing confidence.The audio format is great! I have a good feeling that this course is going to help a lot of people.

Here in the US, some may call it Pumpkin Spice season. Here at MoT, we call it STEC season! What is STEC? It's the Software Testing Essentials Certificate. For so long, testers only had the ISTQB l...

Gain API testing confidence with this hands-on podcast course, featuring 30 ten-minute activities that build your skills step by step.

STEC STEC STEC - TWiT Episode 102

Great episode where we had insights all about STEC - the lessons and topics as part of STEC. More interestingly, I can't miss to mention the coincidence of matching our hosts name and the topic t...

Tired of ISTQB? Take the STEC path! Ep 102

Explore the making of STEC, hear behind-the-scenes stories from its creators, and celebrate how this new certificate challenges the old ISTQB path.

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Absolute STEC legend. Thank you for leading the way. 🤩

Woohay! Very cool to co-host TWiT with you today. Thank you! 🤩

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I'm only two modules in but STEC is great so far, congrats on completing it after 18 months of hard work!

For everything you've put into making STEC happen

Found this week's TWiT really interesting, thanks for telling us more about STEC

Thanks Sarah for all the amazing work you did for STEC !! Highly appreciated 

Thanks for shipping STEC! STEC, STEC, STEC.

Love the glossary Gherkin artwork 😆

Thank you for reporting typos in a certificate... very detailed feedback, too! Very easy to fix, thanks!

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What makes APIs tricky when you’re just starting out?

Thank you for regularly contributing to the activities in MoT-STEC! Your contributions are really valuable and give lots of ideas to fellow learners 🙏

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What mistakes have you made that were painful at the time, but made you a better person, tester, or leader?

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...

Notes of key moments and learnings from Leading with Quality - Podcast, where the guest was Deborah Sherwood

7 talks on everyday tools to strengthen your technical testing skills

Explore tools that help with accessibility, security, API, automation, exploratory, functional, and AI-assisted testing

Have you ever used operational definitions to help you test earlier? What happened?

Thank you, AJ, for shouting about MoT and STEC! It's hard to put into words how amazing it is, and your post captures it beautifully

STEC is complete 🎉: 19 modules, 58 voices, and jam packed portfolio to show your growth

STEC is complete 🎉: 19 modules, 58 voices, and jam packed portfolio to show your growth

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...

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...