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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.
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Earned My MoT Community Certificate 🎓
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It’s been an incredible journey of learning, collaboration, and connecting with passionate testers worldwide. 💜
Huge thanks to the amazing MoT team, Simon Tomes, Rosie Sherry, and Sarah Deery for ...
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Bug congrats on a successful Moneybox activity at MoTaCon. Thanks for organising and running it with your colleagues.
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BREAKING. X marks the spot: Man found reading newspaper
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James Tyack enjoys The Testing Planet Issue 12 on a break during MoTaCon.
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MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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A look at what the people are saying about quality engineering
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Thanks for being the first person to book a meeting with me through my link.I always leave our conversations feeling super inspired and empowered!
awarded Jarsto van Santen for:
Great to see you're now a professional member. 🎉Let us know if there's anything we can help you with. Team MoT and the MoTaverse are here.
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Discover how adopting a quality engineering approach empowers testers to solve problems and improve experiences for everyone across the SDLC
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It was great to catch up with Donna Toomey, Ryan Short and Robert Lunt, post MoTaCon and explore quality opportunities for the future.
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Mastering Professional Time Management - The Four Types of Time Every Leader Needs to Balance
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awarded Eamon Droko for:
Lovely to catch up with you on a call, Eamon. Always good to talk with you and explore ideas together.Thanks for being a bug big part of the community.
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Did he say "Bug was this big"?
Ok, probably not, but it sure was good to see The Full Snack Tester (aka Ben Dowen) on stage.
But do check out his talk on navigating a career in Quality Engine...
awarded Kieran Webb for:
Bug congrats on your 99 Second Talk at MoTaCon. Cool pic! 😎
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Bug congrats!
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What can you learn about leadership from being a Quality Engineering Manager? Marie shares all in her talk from TestBash Leadership 2022
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Join not one, not two, but three Quality Engineers from Lloyds Banking Group
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Explore how quality engineering ensures defect prevention, automation and collaboration for better software
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The expansion of the testing universe continues
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Explore how quality engineering extends beyond traditional testing
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Leave with a deeper understanding of how to transform your approach to quality engineering
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Join Simon Tomes and his team of reporters for another round of news
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Gain a deeper understanding of how to leverage human factors and drive organisational success
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How essential are testing skills for a modern day Quality Engineering professional?
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"The biggest effect is that when you see is when other team members start taking quality into account during the process. The first time that a developer went to the sprint planning and was like, h...
awarded Margaretha Obermayr for:
Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified. Great news! 🏆
awarded Bo Milchov for:
Bug congrats on earning the MoT Advanced Certificate in Test Automation. Great work! 🏆
awarded Scott Kilgallon for:
A triple whammy! Multiple Bug Congrats on achieving all three MoT Certificates in Test Automation: Foundation/Intermediate/Advanced. 🏆
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Accessibility is an axiom
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02/10/25, Brighton.
I loved chatting with Bonnie Poole at MoTaCon. We caught up early on day 2 before it all got busy. Here's us in The Brighton Dome Corn Exchange.
We had a good old chit-c...
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Quality unites!
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I like this phrase from Elizabeth Zagroba:
She said:
"Another thing I love to do is to tell managers what's happening. Managers, particularly when they support a lot of individuals, cannot k...
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 47
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Off to the beach they go and who's been busy drawing in the sand!
Can you find Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Elizabeth took to the stage to talk about a day in the life of a quality lead.
The talk is now available to watch!
https://www.ministryoftesting.com/testbash-sessions/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-q...
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Ash Hynie takes the stage to host the first part of MoTaCon 2025.
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The queue for getting into MoTaCon 2025.
Was it great for community conversations?
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
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Newcastle or Salford - Hybrid
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Today AWS was having issues and it reminded me of Jitesh's MoTaCon25 talk "How quality is created, maintained and lost in complex software systems".
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"They're all ace yet I reckon top left is my favourite (Column 1, Row 1). 😃"
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At MoTaCon we had a craft table where we had some card coasters that people could create their own designs with the help of markers and bug stamps.
This was me in the run-up to MoTaCon, experime...
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I couldn't keep Bug off my mind
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Celebrate the quality community’s creativity and courage as folks share lessons, ideas, and stories in just 99 seconds.
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A quality crew of long time friends.
It was good to see you, Beren, Martin, Keith, Andrew, Jokin.
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Source: Geek and Poke
(Geek and Poke website was on Typepad which has now shut down)
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Quality leadership conversations in a virtual lean coffee format
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Discussing all the accessibility content on the Ministry of Testing at A11y North 9th meet-up
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