Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
he/him
Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
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Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
Wins and grins
earned:
Wins and grins
earned:
Experience Report: Risks and Charters with Simon Tomes
earned:
10 things to write about in the MoTaverse
earned:
Wins and grins
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Contributions
We love a good TWiQ episode that celebrates the wins. And in today's episode we did just that. So here goes, we celebrated the following wins...
Diana Dromey ran her first ever 10k, goin...
A celebratory 'wins' episode full of community milestones, personal breakthroughs, bug catches, career confidence, and the many small moments that keep the MoTaverse moving.
This Week in Community (TWiC) — Episode 5
What actually sustains technical learning once the novelty fades?
14th October 2022. TestBashX Bucks in Milton Keynes. It was my first time officially hosting a TestBash, albeit a smaller version of the main conference. It was a lot of fun to host and I remember ...
Lightly plan every exploratory testing session before you dive in
