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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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Turns out, effective leadership is less about particular style, and more about adapting to the situation.
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I'm a big fan of Christine, hey Christine!
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Is this now a ringtone?....can someone please remix this for the next MOT London lol
I had similar thoughts to Aj Wilson, who commented on Christine Pinto's kind post about Rosie Sherry. https:...
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Thanks for sharing an idea to enhance the navigation for glossary items.
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Share one leadership idea that you practice
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1. Visit https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories 2. Create a new memory and share one leadership idea that you practice 3. Upload a short 99 second video or write it, plus add an appropriate image. We'll spot it and add it to this collection.
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Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.
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Share one leadership idea that you practice: Tailor your message to your audience.
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A video of a man speaking to a camera. He is wearing a black cap and black t-shirt. Both have the Ministry of Testing logo on them.
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A video of a man speaking to a camera. He is wearing a black cap and black t-shirt. Both have the Ministry of Testing logo on them.
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It takes grit to put on a conference
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Brighton 2024. TestBash.
Diana, me and a few more of the MoT crew arrive super early at one of the stage doors at the Brighton Dome. Time for a load in!
We knew it was gonna be a busy day. ...
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Thanks for accepting Emily O'Connor's challenge. :)
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Fun facts about the origins of This Week in Testing
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1. It started as an internal thought experiment: "I wonder how easy it would be to spin up a voice-only room where we could chat with each other at a similar time each week? How can we make it real...
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It's great to see how conversational and encouraging you are on this thread: What’s stopping you from making your work and achievements more visible?Â
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 29
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Thank you for sharing kind words about TestBash, via a MoT glossary definition.
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👋 Welcome, Andrew. Thanks for introducing yourself on the Q2 2025 Introductions thread on The Club.Â
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How do leaders set up a healthy environment and what does it mean for quality? Engage with quality engineering leaders and more to seek help, offer advice, and join events. Available in MoT Weekly.
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Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing.Â
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Thank you for co-hosting Episode 91 of This Week in Testing.Â
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Thanks for sharing a job opportunity in the MoT Slack.Â
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Thanks for sharing feedback about the MoT Chatbot search experience.Â
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Thank you for linking to the MoTaverse in your blog post: The Lone Tester: Surviving and Thriving as The First QA HireÂ
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How do you test that something is AI generated?
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"There are hints. There are signatures. There are probabilities that are unique to this set of data. The same thing goes for something like ChatGPT. For the different GPT variants, they have statis...
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Thanks for sharing your feedback about the "subscribe to the newsletter" box.Â
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Testers like to talk Ep 89
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23 language shifts every quality engineer can adopt today
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But how are we gonna test this? Ep 88
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Breaking news about breaking news Ep 87
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Do new testers really need to learn automation? Ep 86
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Exploring Quality Coaching - The Testing Planet News - Episode 10
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Does the happy path make us happy? Ep. 84
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Where have all the junior quality roles gone? - Ep 83
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Exploring Systems Thinking - The Testing Planet News - Episode 09
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Exploring Quality Engineering - The Testing Planet News - Episode 08
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This Week in Testing - Episode 67 - 8 November, 2024
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This Week in Testing - Episode 66 - 1 November, 2024
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This Week in Testing - Episode 65 - 25 October, 2024
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Continuous Quality - The Testing Planet News - Episode 07
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This Week in Testing - Episode 61 - 27 September, 2024
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This Week in Testing - Episode 60 - 20 September, 2024
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