Simon Tomes | Activities
awarded Ioan Solderea for:
Community call with Simon.Ā
awarded Neil Taylor for:
"This is such a great collaboration between MOT and the awesomeĀ members of testing community who contributed to its content.Ā The content of this essentials certificate will allow testers to properly learn about testing and develop solid testing skills and offers so much more than an ISTQB certificate." Source: LinkedIn.
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Via the MoT Slack: QA Leaders this oneās for you.Ā
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Used MoTaverse LinkedIn Profile banner.
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
"It's as creative a job as done by any journalist or by any investigator or any detective. So it needs tools. It needs techniques. It's it needs awareness of the context in which you are working." STEC Module 12 Lesson 2.Ā Ā
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12/09/24. TestBash Brighton. Cool to chat with Sarah and Aafke. Sarah and I first met in person at TestBash 2023, so it was great to see her again.
There's always plenty of opportunity for meeti...
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Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Thank you for being awesome
awarded Hanisha Arora for:
Hiring for an SDET role, shared in the MoT Slack.Ā
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Is testing ever complete? Find out what's been happening in the testing, tech and quality engineering MoTaverse and join events to enrich your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!
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A lively hour of AI insights, accessibility updates, and classic quality conundrums
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Keen to see dedicated areas on The Club for MoT courses.Ā
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![If the AI is so Smart ā Why Canāt it Do Things Without me Asking? [Part 1 of 2] image](https://d8iqbmvu05s9c.cloudfront.net/4v4nz0tjcnajtr6x7g6ymyfb81yg)
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How curiosity, humility, and empathy can shift your role from inspecting for quality to shaping a culture of quality, one interaction at a time.
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awarded Conor O'Neill for:
Conor O'Neill's company, iPipeline, is looking for a Group Leader, Quality Management. Bromley, England.
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Via Introductions Thread ā Q2 2025.
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Atmaram gives positive reviews of our contribution process.Ā
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Stuart Day shares positivity for TestBash.
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Eamon shares a tip from Rahul's talk from TestBash.
awarded Scout Burghardt for:
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,Ā answered Rosie's call to support the message that MoT is an awesome place to learn about testing.
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Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,Ā answered Rosie's call to support the message that MoT is an awesome place to learn about testing.
awarded James Wadley for:
Ambassadors, Rahul Parwal, Cassandra Leung, James Wadley, Jesse Berkeley, Ben Dowen, and Scout Beughardt,Ā answered Rosie's call to support the message that MoT is an awesome place to learn about testing.
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
On Slack Rahul reported a trend showing up on his profile page before it has gone live. Awarded him a bug badge via The Club
awarded Shneha Paudyal for:
Shneha Paudyal grateful for Simon introducing her in person at the MoT London Meetup: Hi Simon, Thanks! Yeah, I enjoyed updating my profile.And thanks for introducing me to Parveen! The chat was really helpful. She shared some great tips on building my profile, standing out more, and staying active on LinkedIn. It was a great conversation, and I really appreciated the opportunity.
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Ady spotted a bug on cert sales page (curators not listed).
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Richard Adams donated mot stec fee to scholarship fund.
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Angela shares Alessandra's post positively.Ā
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
"Most testers take random courses, hoping to boost their skills and profile but only end up with minimal results. But what if there was a platform designed exclusively for your growth as a tester. One that helps you level up and stand out? š Welcome to the Ministry of Testing, the worldās most vibrant and purposeful community for software testers."
awarded Liz Daffen for:
Liz Daffen gives a positive shout-out about London Meetup.
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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