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Gary Hawkes asks:
I agree that podcasting has become a very powerful medium to communicate. What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
I'll answer this with a production head in...
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Gary Hawkes asks:
I agree that podcasting has become a very powerful medium to communicate. What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
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Having AI coding agents write code for you is all well and good, but it all costs... like a modern fairground and seaside arcade, we don't see these costs directly as cash money. Instead, we have u...
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I wonder if we'll see tokens appearing in the benefits section of a job spec like with annual leave.
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Quality Engineers do their best work when a team is forming
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Quality Engineers do their best work when a team is forming
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How does a team’s stage of development influence the style of quality engineering it needs to thrive?
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Quality Engineers do their best work when a team is forming
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Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
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Quality Engineers do their best work when a team is forming
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How does a team’s stage of development influence the style of quality engineering it needs to thrive?
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Yay AI. Meh AI. Part 2.
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The evolution of testing
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Is a tech community worth your time?
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Is a tech community worth your time?
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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Bug congrats on your recent MoT Test Automation certificates! 🏆🏆
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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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. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
“Thanks for making me feel so confident about myself.” | “I'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!” | “A simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.” | “Simon is one of the best people that I've ever met to have conversations with. He's so grounded in his way of thinking and articulates his thoughts so well and his feelings and his knowledge about community and everything.”
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