Simon Tomes | Activities
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Baking quality into the fast lane
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Baking quality into the fast lane
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Baking quality into the fast lane
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Baking quality into the fast lane
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Baking quality into the fast lane
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"Wonderful reflection and advice. Thank you for putting this into written form. "
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Recently, I had the great pleasure of doing a Call for Insights with Simon Tomes, where I got to talk about having ADHD and some of the ways I was able to structure my work around my brain. Here's...
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Stop shaming yourself into doing more—it won't work
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Stop shaming yourself into doing more—it won't work
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Finding joy in your role
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What is Ralph Wiggum? - AI Loop Technique
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AI Writes The Code But Who Tests It
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How Spotify Ships to 675 Million Users Every Week Without Breaking Things
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Monzo founder: AI will kill income tax
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What pitfalls exist when Quality Engineering is poorly implemented?
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Finding joy in your role
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Finding joy in your role
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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What does delivering value more reliably and sustainably look like?
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What pitfalls exist when Quality Engineering is poorly implemented?
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Finding joy in your role
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Member joined AI Chapter chapter
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"How would someone deal with a developer who was reluctant to take testing lessons from a tester/quality person?"
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Ways of working is often fascinating topic to explore. While I was moving from quality assurance to quality assistance, I didn't expect it would change the way I work as tester. Once implemented co...
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AMA about transitioning to Quality Assistance model
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AMA about transitioning to Quality Assistance model
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The First 30 Days as a CTO or VP of Engineering for SaaS: What You Need to Know
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"Thanks for reading, Ady. I like that you could apply it to other situations."
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AI state of the union: Reflections Part 1
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Reflections whilst watching: An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point & dark factories are coming with Simon Willison.00:00 to 20:00.
November 2025 - the inflection po...
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What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast?
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Should You Learn Coding Now? Anthropic CEO Explains
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It took me a while to get there but I finally finished STEC. Nice.Even as someone who has worked in software quality for almost 10 years, there were plenty of great ideas and practical suggestions ...
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It's official, I'm competent!
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It's official, I'm competent!
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Finding joy in your role
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19.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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SQEC ready. Pair ready. Glossary ready - Ep 130
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With SQEC now fully live, the community swaps stories about new roles, flaky tests, accessibility audits, and why shared language, pairing, and “being the duck” can make quality work easier.
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Thanks for upgrading to a professional membership. Enjoy exploring!
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Bug congrats on the new role! Exciting! 🎉
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Great to hear from you!
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Great to hear your insights during TWiQ.
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Great to hear your insights during TWiQ.
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Always fun to co-host TWiQ with you. Thanks! 🤩
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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