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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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Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
Thanks for persevering with the video file size limitation for a MoT Memory. We appreciate you recording again so tha... image
Thanks for persevering with the video file size limitation for a MoT Memory. We appreciate you recording again so that you could make it work within the constraints.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
Thanks for accepting the challenge of sharing a leadership story as a Memory. It's brilliant! Leadership Talks: The A... image
Thanks for accepting the challenge of sharing a leadership story as a Memory. It's brilliant! Leadership Talks: The Art of Letting Go. 
Leadership Talks: The Art of Letting Go image
I have always enjoyed the "doing" aspect of my job. For long, I considered this to be the pathway to excellence and leadership. However, in my recent endeavours with leadership, I have come to ...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Swathika Visagn for:
Thank you for continuing to amplify MoT. We appreciated your "MoT is what I call 'Home' for QAs" post. 🤩 image
Thank you for continuing to amplify MoT. We appreciated your "MoT is what I call 'Home' for QAs" post. 🤩
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Sunk cost fallacy
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Sunk cost fallacy image
Definitions of Sunk cost fallacy
Adding software testers successfully to any product team: Experiences, struggles, and tips image
Discover how to navigate the challenges of integrating into a team unfamiliar with dedicated testers
How to get the most out of your MoT profile: Top tips for maximising value image
Use your MoT profile to showcase for your work and contributions and have a living portfolio that grows with you
Luis presenting "Breakup or Breakthrough? How a Breakup story reduced our test pipeline time" image
Luis kick starts our MOT Barcelona Reloaded edition at the MyTheresa (LuxExperience) office with his talk on how migrating from CucumberJS to Playwright Runner ended up in lots of gains for his team!
Mauro presenting "Why Devs should automate?" image
Mauro gives the second talk of the night, this time giving an epic demo on how he implemented all types of tests for a microservice, and why it matters!
Tech and Testing Debt image
I tuned into a conversation on testing debt for STEC with Veerle Verhagen and Lewis Prescott What a wonderful conversation covering so many aspects of testing debt: - What factors influence how...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Aj Wilson for:
Thanks for spotting the incorrectly labelled help text on the This Week in Testings page search field.  image
Thanks for spotting the incorrectly labelled help text on the This Week in Testings page search field. 
You're setting yourself up for failure if QA owns quality image
You're setting yourself up for failure if QA owns quality
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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You're setting yourself up for failure if QA owns quality image
JItesh shared this powerful line about ownership during a The Testing Planet Cosmic Discussion: The limitations of shift-left and existing practices. Some questions to ask yourself about your cu...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Emily O'Connor for:
Thanks for sharing your ideas about improving the MoT membership page for someone with a professional membership. Plu... image
Thanks for sharing your ideas about improving the MoT membership page for someone with a professional membership. Plus, feedback about the new salaries feature. It's much appreciated.
A year ago in York image
Does your phone have that feature where it highlights your photo memories? Here's one of mine! In June 2024 at Ministry of Testing York, Sophie Weston presented her talk - Going Beyond DORA. ...
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Simon Tomes
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This badge is awarded to members who choose to visibly support Pride on their Ministry of Testing profile.
QR Podcast – Alessandra Moreira image
QR Podcast – Alessandra Moreira
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 32 image
Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 32
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 32 image
Can you find Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Antonella Scaravilli for:
Thanks for sharing a bug related to how a logo is rendered on a job advert. We plan to overhaul the jobs page to make... image
Thanks for sharing a bug related to how a logo is rendered on a job advert. We plan to overhaul the jobs page to make it easier for folks to post a job advert. And as part of this, we'll remove the requirement to upload and display a logo. 
Sometimes it's hard to choose which MoT Mascot to represent image
The daily struggles of MoTaverse design and branding are real.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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In community we practice: MoT Weekly – Issue 521 image
Build confidence throughout your career. Discover big and small ways to learn and co-create with testing, QA, dev and quality engineering professionals in this week's MoT Weekly.
Your best prompts show how you think. So why let them get lost? image
I use my saved prompts when working with Gen AI platforms, the results are more predictable and it saves me time.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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This badge is awarded to members who host an episode of This Week in Quality.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Thanks for sharing some cool ideas about how to enhance the profiles feature. Starter packs would indeed be very cool... image
Thanks for sharing some cool ideas about how to enhance the profiles feature. Starter packs would indeed be very cool! It's on our radar and perhaps one day we might implement them. 
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Test and Quality Leadership
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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If juniors and interns are being replaced by AI, are we heading towards a society without seniors image
If juniors and interns are being replaced by AI, are we heading towards a society without seniors
My personal QE Assessment image
My personal QE Assessment
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Quality Assurance for Society
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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First Time Being a Co-Host for Ministry of Testing! image
I love podcasts. I've had the privilege of being on a few of them. Today was my first day co-hosting one! I was nervous, for sure, but once I settled in, made sure I had coffee in hand, and remembe...
First Time Being a Co-Host for Ministry of Testing! image
First Time Being a Co-Host for Ministry of Testing!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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First Time Being a Co-Host for Ministry of Testing! image
I love podcasts. I've had the privilege of being on a few of them. Today was my first day co-hosting one! I was nervous, for sure, but once I settled in, made sure I had coffee in hand, and remembe...
Don't worry! I'm a Tester Ep 94 image
Don't worry! I'm a Tester Ep 94
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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Don't worry! I'm a Tester Ep 94 image
Catch up on This Week in Testing to hear how testers make progress while figuring things out, plus much more from across the MoTaverse.
Quality Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship...  Completed It! image
In January 2024, I embarked not only on my first job in a new career, but also on a level 4 apprenticeship as a Quality Engineer. Fast forward to June 2025 and I received the email I had been wait...
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Thank you for co-hosting This Week in Testing, Episode 94. You were awesome, and we're super grateful. Looking forwar... image
Thank you for co-hosting This Week in Testing, Episode 94. You were awesome, and we're super grateful. Looking forward to hearing you co-host more! 🚀
Thanks for the community stars love 🤩 image
Judy Mosely mentioned on TWiT how she loves the community stars. Others chimed in giving our Community Stars (algorithm) much love. I think it was Mariem who said that she gets a notification...
My Week In Testing — In community we practice image
I'm listening to TWiT live and it's reminded me to post a memory about my week in testing (MWiT) 1️⃣ I'll start with something Judy said on TWiT about how community is a great place to practice....
A 360 review of AI agent benchmarks image
A 360 review of AI agent benchmarks
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
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The playbook for responsible generative AI development and use image
The playbook for responsible generative AI development and use
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