Simon Tomes
Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
he/him
I am Open to Write, Teach, Speak, Mentor, CV Reviews, Podcasting, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Review Conference Proposals
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.
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
Member visited Do you TOFU?
earned:
Do you TOFU?
contributed:
earned:
Mind the QA of the gaps
earned:
Is quality work the bottleneck?
Interests
advocacy
all-things-community
asking-questions
bug
bugs
bugs-in-the-wild
charters
coaching
coaching-testers
community
conferences
conference-speaking
continuous-learning
design
diversity
drumming
events
experimentation
exploratory-testing
heuristics
leadership
memes
mentoring
mot-stec
music
oracles
podcasting
process-improvement
product-development
product-management
public-speaking
quality-strategy
space-duck
space-seagull
systems-thinking
team-enablement
testbash
testbash-brighton
testing
writing
Contributions
Did things get worse when QA stopped being the quality gatekeeper?
AI accelerates code generation and it might seem like we're shipping faster. But what does that mean for quality work? Is quality work the bottleneck?Charles Penn shares thoughts on th...
Charles Penn shares the challenges of auditing tests.If you're open to sharing, what does your test audit process look like?
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Simon Tomes and Jesper Ottosen recently recorded a conversation as part of the MoT's Call for Insights, where they had a great discussion on both positive and negative types of friction that we can...
Charles Penn shares a handy tip for overnight (nightly) test runs.
Charles Penn recounts his experiences with git blame.
Writing things into the ether is helpful. Louise explains this topic.
Why showing up helps quality professionals acknowledge their continuous learning journey
Grateful moment !!
Happy to share 900+ Stars on Ministry of Testing ⭐
Special thanks to Ministry of Testing, Rosie Sherry and Simon Tomes , Sarah Deery for the constant inspiration and support 🙌
Hear honest job-search and career-change stories, pick up confidence-boosting advice from the community, and enjoy the wonderfully weird side-threads that make the MoTaverse feel like home.
