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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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I’m coming from: Amsterdam, Netherlands
My role is: QA Tester
I’d love to meet others who are into: challenging, improving and sharing
I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as a: Attendee
I’ve been to T...
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Thank you for upgrading to an unlimited membership. It's great to see folks commit to their learning and development like this. 🤩 We hope you get the most out of the MoTaverse. Team MoT and the community are here to help.
awarded Miikka Solmela for:
Nice one for setting up a RoboCon 2025 collection. Very cool!
awarded Mari McMahon for:
Cool to see your post featured on the MoT homepage. We hope you receive a large number of responses for your MSc research.
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Hello MoTaverse!
I am currently working on my research project and dissertation for my MSc in Technology Management, my chosen topic? Testing of course!
More specifically, I'm looking at compe...
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Another day and another piece of awesomeness from Rahul Parwal. Bug congrats on your latest course: Advanced prompting for testers. 🎉Thanks for co-creating it with Team MoT. I gotta good feeling this one will be super popular!
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Bug congrats on shipping Rahul Parwal's latest course: Advanced prompting for testers. 🎉I gotta good feeling this one will be super popular!
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Advanced prompting skills to turn AI into your trusted testing companion
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STEC is more than a testing certificate. It's community-in-action.
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Spotted this on our activity feed. It instantly brought a smile to my face.
Lynda Hughes awards Beth Marshall a community star for her contributions to the Software Testing Essentials Certifica...
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Great to see you share your appreciation for Beth Marshall's contribution to STEC via a community star. 🤩
awarded Joep Schuurkes for:
Thanks for sharing ideas to improve the TestBash event page.
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Quality Pros Vibium AI
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The image is a two-panel meme.
The first panel shows a smiling, bald person labeled "QUALITY PROS" eagerly reaching for a large yellow orb labeled "VIBIUM".
The second panel shows a large pin...
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When AI meets brain... creativity takes a hit
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A computer, and through it's screen we see a bug on a sofa, comfy with a drink in it's hand.
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I asked the bug what it was doing there.
It said "I live here now".
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"Always Bug!
No wait … defo Space Duck.
Hang on … what about Space Seagull? "
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"STEC, STEC, STEC!"
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"I AM STEC QUALIFIED. "
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The Evolution of Web Design: From Pixel Art to AI-Generated Experiences
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TBM 375: Minimally Viable Consistency
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Networking in Hybrid Times: Building Genuine Connections Beyond Zoom Fatigue
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The whole point of OpenAI's Responses API is to help them hide reasoning traces
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From Automation to Assurance: Elevating Quality with UiPath and Planit
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CISO Perspective: Q2 2025 Threat Insights Report
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How to deploy language models with Red Hat OpenShift AI
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"Lovely to see this. Congrats! May there be more moments that matter. "
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MoT-NL is back — and what a comeback it was!
Yesterday, September 9th, we held the very first chapter meeting of Ministry of Testing Netherlands — and it felt like a long-lost friend finally retur...
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"Great photo! Looking forward to more shared moments. "
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A snapshot from our first MoT Porto meetup back in April! The energy was fantastic. We're excited to continue fostering a strong testing community here in Porto.
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Thanks for answering questions about TestBash and for suggesting an update to the TestBash event page FAQ.
awarded Karl Lagunez for:
Thanks for upgrading to a professional membership. Team MoT and the community are here to support you. Enjoy!
awarded Lewis Evans for:
Bug congrats on becoming MoT-STEC qualified! 🎉
awarded Dalbir Sehmbi for:
See you at TestBash! 🙌🏻
awarded Krys Catterall for:
See you at TestBash! It will be good to see you again. 😃
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Explore different mindsets to improve testing, overcome bias, and add more value.
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Automating Apple Maps: Dead Simple E2E Testing with Maestro
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I’m excited to share that, alongside TeamMoT, we’ll be gathering 50 Leaders in Quality on September 30th.
What looks like a one-day event is actually the beginning of a bigger journey: a committ...
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I mean technically you can sit on any of these, but likely wouldn't be your first choice, or comfortable to sit on the apples, hot drinks or microchips. Perhaps the question is actually "which of t...
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I’m coming from: West Wales
My role is: Principal Quality Engineer at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
I’d love to meet others who are into: building things to test things
I'm coming to ...
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🌟 Half-Century in the MoTaverse! 🌟
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Thrilled to share that I’ve crossed 50+ stars and earned 12 badges in my Ministry of Testing journey. 🏅
Thanks to Rosie Sherry, Simon Tomes & the MoT community for a space to grow and connect.
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