Simon Tomes | Activities
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As you so brilliantly put it: "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Scout Burghardt for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Christine Pinto for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
awarded Sarah Kitchener for:
Thank you for taking part in June's Ambassador catch-up call. As Rahul Parwal says, "Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other."
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Win $250: Test APIs with Postman
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Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM): A How-To Guide
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Smarter Testing with GenAI: From Exploratory Ideas to Automated Scripts
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Imagine being a detective who knows how to use forensic tools
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Manish Saini shares a wonderful analogy in STEC Module 16, Lesson 1: What is technical testing?
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Bug congrats and many thanks for leading the way with all things MoTaverse. Your energy and drive help us all move forward in a positive direction. I know that sometimes it can be tough, yet also fun, and things take time. We're all super grateful for everything you do.
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It was so much fun to be clicked with variety of props available at Photo booth at test bash 2024. Out of so many props I tried, I feel this one to be the cool pic :)
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Inspired by this Club thread: https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/the-job-market-is-rough-how-can-we-help/85347 started by Judy Mosely and with some helpful responses from others, I posted offers ...
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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Techie habits (investments) for long run
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Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux
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The cost of poor quality is high
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Stuart Thomas shares one of his helpful takes on quality during Why does Quality Engineering matter?
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Caught up on the latest trends, shared how AI tools are already super helpful for QA (even if current models are mostly about generating and analyzing stuff). Agreed we need more local meetups on h...
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Tackle the messy reality of AI-coded apps with lessons learned, testing tips, and debugging insights.
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Testing AI-coded applications: practical tips for software testers blog post
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Grabbed coffee, took a breezy walk by the bay, started chatting about a11y… and somehow ended up swapping job hunting tips again 😂 Classic us. Always a good time with this crew!
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 33
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Can you find Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Online profiles matter more than ever. Enhance them with people in the MoTaverse. Seek help, offer advice, and join events. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other.
Grateful to be in this room of passionate and serious testers.
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MoT Ambassador Crew
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Behind every great community… are people who laugh, learn, and lift each other.
Grateful to be in this room of passionate and serious testers.
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10 ideas on putting care at the heart of quality engineering practices
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Most talks about quality don’t make it into developer conferences. This one did.
LDX3 received over 1,000 talk proposals.
Mine was one of the few chosen to tackle quality leadership not archite...
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Some Saturday afternoon learning.
Watching a mixtute of talks, old and new from the MoTaverse
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Went to hear Christine Pintos headlining talk on Quality at the Festival of Engineering Leadership in London 2025 - such a great talk and the crowd loved it. Here is Christine with other leaders in...
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Karen and Dan at the Pre-TestBash Meetup
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Christine representin' Epic Test Quest
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Serious learning faces in action during a TestBash 2024 workshop.
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It was good to catch up at TestBash.
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Requires essential visiting when in Brighton.
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Street art in Brighton that aligns with our values.
Let's go, with kindness and respect!
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The not so good looking sibling of The Pier
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A group of people having a lean coffee session at TestBash 2024.
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.
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