Simon Tomes | Activities
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"Love it!
My interpretation:
- Solid foundation
- Eyes on everything
- Transparency and visibility
- Safety arm in case of emergency situations
- Diverse and inclusive
- Antenna to listen out for trends"
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Attending 'The Quality Coach: adapting your testing and quality leadership approach in today's world ' workshop with David and Stu. Our group built this in Lego as our representation of Quality 😀
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"As discussed at MoTaCon, it's important we call this out! 😃"
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I may be ever-so-slightly upset that my beloved em dash has become a hallmark of AI-generated writing…
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Love the name!
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Enjoying the banter, chemistry and passion for testing, quality and people, from the, err, Morecambe and Wise of our industry ⭐️👏🏽
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🎉 3 Years in Software Testing – A Grateful Reflection! 🎉
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Grateful to reach 3 years in software testing! 💜 Thank you, Ministry of Testing, for inspiring, supporting, and shaping my journey.
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Cool Pic with Simon
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It was great to see you again Simon and talk about MoTaverse in detail.
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Loved the 99 second talk at MoTaCon. Brilliant! 🤩
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We will, we will, STEC you!
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Early start for the event team
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The MoTaCon (nee TrstBash) event team were on site from 7am getting everything ready. Hope you enjoyed the day?
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Then and Now - MoT workshop version in the old court room
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10 years since my first MoT workshop. And my 2nd time in this venue as a workshop room.
Then - March 2015. Gamification of Software Testing workshop at TestBash ‘s first workshop day. Room of 50...
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Bug congrats on your awesome Leading With Quality session. So good to have folks explore identity, responsibilities, language and influence. Great to have participants reframe things. The exercises were spot on!
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Thanks for your session at Leading With Quality. Great to hear about and see the case studies.
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Thank you for letting us know about the edit limit bug with Google Docs during Leading With Quality.
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Thank you for letting us know about the edit limit bug with Google Docs during Leading With Quality.
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Thanks for spotting the issue with Google Docs. Great boundary testing right there!
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Loved your session at Leading With Quality. Thank you for sparking many a conversation around AI. 🤩
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Awesome session at Leading With Quality!
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👋 About Me:
I’m coming from: Berlin, Germany
My role is: Senior QA engineer
I’d love to meet others who are into: shift-left testing, quality coaching, and leading teams
I'm coming to TestBash ...
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About Me:
I’m coming from: Nicosia, Cyprus.
My role is: Automation Test Analyst.
I’d love to meet others who are into: AI, quality coaching.
I'm coming to TestBash 2025 as attendee.
I’ve been ...
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About Me:
I’m coming from: Bedford, UK
My role is: Quality Assurance Manager
I’d love to meet others who are into: Quality Coaching, Managing QA's, Influencing Quality, using metrics for good
I...
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Thank you for upgrading to a professional membership. Enjoy! Team MoT and the community are here to help.
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 45
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull have taken over the Leading With Quality conversations. Can you find them?
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Hey MoT network!
Calling all software testers, QA pros, and anyone using tools like Jira in your SDLC or project management-this one's for you! Of course, you're free to accept or refuse, but I'...
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Making friends at my very first TestBash 22 in Manchester. Good times. :-)I think Diana had this polaroid camera, the picture is pinned to the whiteboard in my office.
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Thanks for accepting my challenge for you know what. 🤭
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In quality we gather. Get a sense of what's happening in the MoTaverse with this week's MoTaverse Weekly.
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About Me:
I’m coming from: Coventry, UK
My role is: Sr.Test Engineer
I’d love to meet others who are into: exploratory testing, team building, shaping team culture.
I'm coming to TestBas...
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Suman came ‘home’ to Leeds to speak at Test Up North conference. She pointed out the push back when asking developers to think about testing
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We can no longer mention the T word
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We can no longer mention the T word
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That moment we had the last week in testing.
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That moment we had the last week in testing.
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Was a great session at MoT Leeds with Scott and I hosting a workshop, elevating your career by becoming a generalist. Good turnout and great discussions. Thanks to everyone who came.
But don’t as...
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Quality people, all aboard the TestBash train! - Ep 106
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Feel the MoTaverse energy as quality people prepare for TestBash, share accessibility stories, and swap career advice.
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week In Testing. Great to hear from you!
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Testing.
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Testing.
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Always a pleasure to co-host This Week in Testing with you. 😃
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Hello there 👋🏻
I'm a QA Technical Lead from Liverpool.
It would be nice to meet other individual contributors who work across multiple teams. I've been doing it for a little while now but I'...
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Bug congrats on your article: Power pairing our people process: How we moved to a collaborative QA Engineer and QA Analyst model
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Pairing QA Engineers and Analysts isn't just a process tweak, it's a cultural shift that transforms siloed testing into a collaborative, balanced and business-aligned effort.
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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