Simon Tomes | Activities
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Quality people are truth tellers
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Quality people are truth tellers
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Quality people are truth tellers
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A great conversation on friction, influence and showing up authentically
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Quality people are truth tellers
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Quality people are truth tellers
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Quality people are truth tellers
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I've been enjoying listening to Managing Engineers podcast with Neil Younger and Si Jobling. They have an episode on metrics and I'm always looking for metric inspiration, so I thought I'd capture ...
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🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid
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🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid
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🗑️ 7 bad metrics to remind yourself what to avoid
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
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The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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If AI Trains Mostly on AI Text, Where Does New Knowledge Come From?
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Rethinking the AI Gold Rush: Industry Leaders Warn of the “Agentic Paradox”
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Thanks for sharing your STEC collection in the Buddies channel on the Slack. I like how it's a nice way to inspire folks to do something similar to support their learning.
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STEC Portfolio - Module 2: What Do Software Testers Do?
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STEC Deep Dive: Fresh Eyes, New Insights
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Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC) reflections
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Too much vibe not enough quality wins - Ep 134
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Thoughts and reflections about the lessons included in the Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC)
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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This is how testing is shifting to developers
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This is how testing is shifting to developers
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Master the testing of iOS app states to prevent data loss, crashes, and unexpected behaviour.
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10 ways to test iOS apps across different states and lifecycle stages
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10 ways to test iOS apps across different states and lifecycle stages
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Testing a mobile application? Have you thought about connection latency issues?
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How Does Your Mobile Application Handle Internet Connection Issues? You Might Be Surprised…
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How Does Your Mobile Application Handle Internet Connection Issues? You Might Be Surprised…
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Uncover the challenges and strategies for testing mobile applications that use location services
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Where Am I And Where Is My Test Data? Enhancing Testability Of Location Services
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Where Am I And Where Is My Test Data? Enhancing Testability Of Location Services
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Case Study: How Eneco Upgraded from Manual QA to Automated Testing with Maestro
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Built on Scar Tissue - Part 1: The QA Job Nobody Built AI For
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Thanks for accepting the challenge of answering Micro Call for Insights questions.
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Thanks for accepting the challenge of answering Micro Call for Insights questions.
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The day my boss told me I no longer manage a QA team
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Don't like my messy desk? Don't look at it 🫣
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Walk through the door, don't just open it
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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