Simon Tomes | Activities
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I spoke at TestBash UK
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A tester's survival guide for agile transition
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Test Bash Brighton: Day one
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The tale of TestBash Brighton 2018
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A tester walks into a bar
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Classic words from Ben Dowen during an episode of This Week in Testing.
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What advice can you share for someone new to TestBash?
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Thanks for sharing a tonne of helpful advice about TestBash during Episode 97 of This Week in Testing.Ā
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Thanks for sharing awesome words about TestBash in the chat during Episode 97 of This Week in Testing.Ā
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Thanks for bigging up TestBash in the chat during Episode 97 of This Week in Testing.Ā
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Thanks for sharing job ads in the MoT Slack.Ā
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In the Trenches ā 6 Months of Building
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Thanks for being curious about the MoT Followers/Following feature.Ā
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Thanks for updating your profile and for becoming a professional member. It's great to see you here. Welcome to the MoTaverse. š
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Thanks for updating your MoT Profile. Welcome to the MoTaverse. š
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Iām coming from: Beckton, London
My role is: QA, writer, jobseeker
Iād love to meet others who are into: working together to make things, break things and build them back better.
I'm coming to T...
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Great to watch your tools to help with AI-assisted testing video as part of STEC Module 16. I enjoyed seeing how fast testing artefacts can be created to support testing efforts. An excellent introduction to help folks discover how AI may help.Ā
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Test Automation Strategy - Guide
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Thanks for sharing three tools to support API testing. I like how you framed their main purposes and how they might be used. A good introduction to help STEC learners think about using tools in different ways and combining them.Ā
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Thanks for your 404 talk in STEC Module 16: Tools to help you with test automation. Nice to remind the learner that there is no best tool for all kinds of testing and that sometimes it's better to combine different tools for comprehensive testing.
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Thank you for helping future STEC learners with your video that shares three tools that support exploratory testing.Ā
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Thanks for introducing three tools you use for functional testing in a STEC video for Module 16. I like the way you expand from dev tools to logs to Postman.Ā
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Thanks for taking the time to speak today!I really appreciate the support and I love the coining ofĀ Community Conduit.
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Lovely to chat with you on a call. Thanks for your time and for sparking lots of ideas and reflections. It was a privilege to chat with a community conduit like yourself.Ā
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Great to watch your STEC video about tools to help with security testing. Good to see you modify field types and validation via the console to see if it's possible to exploit business logic. And I like that you share the pros and cons of the tools and approaches you describe. Glad folks have access to your cheat sheet!Ā Ā
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Richard Adams and Ben Dowen ad the pre-bash social
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Thanks for introducing STEC learners to tools that support accessibility testing. Good to see WAVE and IBM's Equal Access Accessibility Checker in action. What a helpful video in STEC Module 16.Ā
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The biggest mistakes weāre seeing in early AI hiring
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Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your CareerāHereās How To Say No
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Video playlist: SIGiST - Finding Calm in Chaos: Applying Testing to a Changing World
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Take care of ... quality
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Nicola Sedgwick shared these wise words during a TestBash talk in Brighton in 2016. And Rosie Sherry recently reminded us that "At the heart of Quality is Care is the idea that we continually make ...
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For being the test subject of my MoTification changes
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Come for the certifications, stay for TestBash, Leading with Quality, Professional Membership and more! There's simply nothing else like it!
Our goal in the MoTaverse is to make it as easy as po...
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Stop complaining
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Great to see you keeping the conversation going and being grateful for the replies on your Club post: Are formal test plans and lack of shifting left red flags?Ā
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Dissecting words to spot risks matters, and your 404 is a testament to that. Thanks for sparking curiosity throughout the MoTaverse. This is top notch! Finding test cases in acceptance criteria.Ā
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Thank you for inspiring the community with your honesty, encouraging words and solid advice. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your journey so far: From self-doubt to growth: My unusual journey into software testing.Ā
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Follow a personal journey of failure, growth, and rediscovery shaped by persistence and a supportive testing community
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I had a wonderful chat with Gary Hawkes about his journey over the years with testing and now quality engineering and I absolutely love how it felt like his story was that all roads have led to qua...
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. š MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
āThanks for making me feel so confident about myself.ā | āI'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!ā | āA simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.ā | āSimon 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.ā
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