Simon Tomes | Activities
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How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026?
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Staying sane in a post-modern world, from Anne-Marie Charrett
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Leading Through Discomfort
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How I Built an Agentic SDLC Demo with Cursor, MCP Servers, Playwright, GitHub, and Vercel in Under an Hour.
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"Watching this live in person was transformative for me and the rest of the audience. Glad folks can watch it again via this online version."
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Physical Disabilities in the Workplace: Find a More Sustainable and Supportive Way to Keep Amazing People
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Physical Disabilities in the Workplace: Find a More Sustainable and Supportive Way to Keep Amazing People
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Cool to see you and Luna featured on the MoT homepage. 🤩
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Bug congrats!
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Mohammad Arif talks for 99 seconds at MoT London
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Mohammad Arif talks for 99 seconds at MoT London
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Mohammad Arif talks for 99 seconds at MoT London
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Mohammad Arif talks for 99 seconds at MoT London
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99 seconds with Dalbir Sehmbi who recommends 8 minutes for men's health
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99 seconds with Dalbir Sehmbi who recommends 8 minutes for men's health
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99 seconds with Dalbir Sehmbi who recommends 8 minutes for men's health
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99 seconds with Dalbir Sehmbi who recommends 8 minutes for men's health
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99 seconds with Dalbir Sehmbi who recommends 8 minutes for men's health
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Bug congrats!
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99 seconds with Francis Kamara at MoT London
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99 seconds with Francis Kamara at MoT London
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99 seconds with Francis Kamara at MoT London
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99 seconds with Francis Kamara at MoT London
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99 seconds with Francis Kamara at MoT London
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What do you get when a large group of QEs walk into a bar?
Spike testing in production.
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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Spike Testing: A Physical Embodiment
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The MoTaverse exists to advance the quality engineering and software testing industry in a fun, safe, professional and forward-thinking way.
At MoT London, we bring people together to gather and learn about all things quality.
Find us in the MoT Slack channel #chapter-london.
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A look at the structure and responsibilities of a centralised quality engineering team
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Centralised Quality Engineering teams
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Centralised Quality Engineering teams
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Centralised Quality Engineering teams
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Centralised Quality Engineering teams
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What does accountability mean to you?
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UX Speed Calculator
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7 Steps of a Web Performance Journey
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Pipeline - The Game that Delivers!
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Couldn't get enough of this 99 glitch
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Couldn't get enough of this 99 glitch
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Very much appreciated this glitchy award from my toothbrush. 🪥
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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. 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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