Simon Tomes | Activities
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Smart Prompting | 4S Rule | Learn to write better prompts
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🪐 The MoTaverse is everywhere!Look who I met last week on our yearly company sailing event: Even mascots need some vacation from time to time!Space Duck: Was chilling with their friends near the Wh...
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Quality Engineers could be biting off more than they can chew. Plus, highlights of the previous week in the MoTaverse.
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Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers
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Recorded today, a brilliant talk with Marie Cruz, Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs — coming soon to Ministry of Testing!
In “STEM in the garden: How to monitor plants with IoT sensors a...
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Thanks for sharing some jobs in the MoT Slack.
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Thanks for sharing a job advert in the MoT Slack.
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👋 About Me:I'm coming from Berlin, Germany 🐻My role is Project Manager @ Assecor with an obsession for quality and communityI'd love to meet and connect with everyone! I'm coming to TestBash 2...
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Thank you for sharing your appreciation for the MoT community during Episode 97 of This Week in Testing. So glad to hear that meeting folks at TestBash reignited your passion for the career you're in.
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Thanks for being super active on The Club this week.
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How do you want your career to finish?
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An API First Approach for Finding and Fixing Production Issues
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The EU Cyber Resilience Act - Are You Prepared?
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TestRail 9.3 Is Here: Secure Jira Integration & Smart Test Case Labeling
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Top tips for TestBash: How to explore the happy path Ep 97
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Plan your TestBash goals, celebrate fresh Community Stars, and spark new connections across the testing world.
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Selenium Community Live - Episode 7
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Thanks for sharing a job advert in the MoT Slack.
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You can now earn a Community Star when you start a Club post.
Coming soon you will also earn a star when you contribute to a Club post too.
I'm also taking this opportunity to thank Simon, J...
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⭐️ You can now earn a star for starting a Club post
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You can now earn a Community Star when you start a Club post.
Coming soon you will also earn a star when you contribute to a Club post too.
I'm also taking this opportunity to thank Simon, J...
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Thank you for co-hosting This Week in Testing, Episode 97. Always fun and enjoyable!
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Happy times gathering again at MoT London with these quality people.
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About Me:
I’m coming from: London, UK
My role is: QA Engineer (Thanks to Jesse for reminding me to update it!)
I’d love to meet others who are into: Quality coaching, being open and vulnera...
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Learn how to influence, advocate, and create change when you’re struggling to get buy-in
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Great to catchup with Simon and Callum at the MoT London meetup. It was the biggest one yet and a lot of people for me ha, so nice to chat with familiar faces!
And see the people enjoying their...
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MoT London June meetup mems
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Great to catchup with Simon and Callum at the MoT London meetup. It was the biggest one yet and a lot of people for me ha, so nice to chat with familiar faces!
And see the people enjoying their...
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We've pulled together a TestBash MoTebook (with Google Docs) to help you understand what you can expect to learn from each session at TestBash, but it's more than that!
It's a tool to take notes...
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Here is Lewis Prescott, recording a lesson for his upcoming course, "Modern integration testing: Tools, techniques, and strategies for continuous quality."
In this lesson, Lewis walks you throug...
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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