Simon Tomes | Activities
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awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Thank you for sharing how TestBash transformed your testing career and for encouraging people to attend.
awarded Aj Wilson for:
Thank you for sharing lots of opportunities at Aviva in the MoT Slack Jobs channel.
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Discover exciting events and talks, new articles, glossary updates, testing trends, fun memes and memories, hot topics and new collections.
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Who's got two thumbs and likes to test?
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These two!
Finally got to meet Swathika Visagn in person at Dunelm's office at the MoT London Meetup on 08/05/2025.
Swathika's up to many good things. You should check out her MoT profile! ...
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awarded Mariem SAFI for:
Mariem grateful for all the replies on her The Club topic: What should a tester’s portfolio looks like?
awarded Olly Fairhall for:
Olly grateful for help and keeping the conversation going on this thread: How do you encourage curiosity in others?
awarded Ian Kimathi for:
Ian introduced themselves on the Q2 2025 Introductions thread on The Club.
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How do I lead without being a people manager? How do I influence quality leadership? What does my individual contributor role mean in a leadership context? All this plus more.
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In Berlin we gather, learn and make new testing and quality engineering friends
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Christine kindly amplified those who did 99-second talks at the MoT Berlin Meetup, 13/05/25.
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awarded Ujjwal Kumar Singh for:
Ujjwal shared feedback about Memes on the MoT Slack: "feedback for MoT Memes ... I think if there would be some emoji supported on Meme page then it would make it more interesting, because as of now no matter how good the meme is we can just simply watch it and cannot add any reactions."
awarded Becky Sullivan for:
Becky's LinkedIn profile.
awarded Becky Sullivan for:
Becky shared her LinkedIn cover image in the MoT Slack.
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A collection of all things MoTaCon, previously TestBash, 2025.
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I think you'll find the bug was this big!
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Ayesha Saeed and Eamon Droko delivering 99-second talks at Dunelm's office during a MoT London Meetup on 08/05/25. See if you can find the talks on the MoT London Meetup collection: https://www.min...
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Jesse shared the following idea in the MoT Slack: "It would be great if we could "Search" the glossary than just Searching across the entire metaverse."
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London. 08/05/25. Host Gary Shannon invites the audience to share if they've been to a Ministry of Testing London meetup before.
Hi Simon! See the photo from the other side.
https://www.minis...
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I spy a Sherry
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Rosie Sherry giggles from the opposite side of the Dunelm office during the MoT London Meetup on 08/05/25.
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Hello my name is Pizza Slice
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An off-the-cuff selfie with the terrific Tom Game. MoT London Meetup, 08/05/25, Dunelm.
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An off-the-cuff selfie with the terrific Tom Game. MoT London Meetup, 08/05/25, Dunelm.
awarded Don for:
Don introduced themselves on the Introductions Thread – Q2 2025.
awarded Aditi Agrawal for:
Aditi introduced themselves on the Introductions Thread – Q2 2025.
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 27
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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How do you unpack the reality of finding a new job? Read a roundup of news, events and actionable ideas from the testing, tech and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Shared an update post from Gary Shannon in the MoT Slack jobs channel.
awarded Eamon Droko for:
Eamon kindly shared his LinkedIn MoTaverse banner in the MoT Slack.
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Hands up if you've been to a MoT London Meetup before
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London. 08/05/25. Host Gary Shannon invites the audience to share if they've been to a Ministry of Testing London meetup before.
Come the end of October 2025 this photo could also be "Hands up ...
awarded Aj Wilson for:
Senior Test Manager, Aviva. Norwich/Bristol/London. Shared via the MoT Slack.
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Why is this doing everything?
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A follow-up to https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memes/what-happens-when-i-press-this-submit-button.
AI Agents appear to be everywhere right now. What do you make of it all?
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Exploratory testing
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Continuous Quality
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Software testing
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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