Simon Tomes | Activities
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Visit to Durham
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Explore how risk can guide smarter testing decisions.
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Software Testing Live - Episode 08: Risky Business
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Software Testing Live - Episode 08: Risky Business
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Software Testing Live - Episode 08: Risky Business
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Software Testing Live - Episode 08: Risky Business
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Should I stay or should I go?
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It's good to celebrate a milestone
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Turn your learning into evidence
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Turn your learning into evidence
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What if everything you learned became evidence of your growth?
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Turn your learning into evidence
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Turn your learning into evidence
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I am exploring how to evaluate AI agent workflow and just learnt the golden test cases that we provide to any 'LLM evaluation f/w' is crucial.From a traditional QA mindset, I would think of positiv...
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Goldens for your evals
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Goldens for your evals
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Challenge Accepted to post moments
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Challenge Accepted to post moments
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Challenge Accepted to post moments
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Challenge Accepted to post moments
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"Lovely stuff. That looks like Southbank. What a great spot for a catch up!
Happy belated birthday Karen! 🎂
Good to see you all at Leading with AI. 🤩"
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Great chats in the sun with Dalbir and Karen after hearing how others are leading with AI, plus some belated birthday celebrations. 🎂 🎉
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Birthday celebrations for Karen
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Birthday celebrations for Karen
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Birthday celebrations for Karen
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Birthday celebrations for Karen
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"It's a good one, isn't it!
Glad to see you at Leading with AI, Steven. 🤩"
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What my life was lacking was a new test related pyramid. But on a sunny Friday afternoon in Charing Cross, James Pearce's excellent talk on engineering quality into AI based products provided me wi...
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MoT AI at PwC
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MoT AI at PwC
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MoT AI at PwC
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"Awesome reflection and points, Philippa.
Great to catch up in person at Leading with AI. "
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The talks I heard today reminded me that AI hasn't rewritten the rules of quality thinking, it's just raised the cost of ignoring them. Shift-left and shift-right, risk-based prioritisation, separa...
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How much has really changed with AI?
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How much has really changed with AI?
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Should I stay or should I go?
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"Amazing words, Judy. Thank you for sharing them. 🤩"
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In this week's episode of This Week in Quality, we talked about grief. Grief may be a strange topic to talk about in technology, but I think it's an important one. Much of the industry is shifting....
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Should I stay or should I go?
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It's good to celebrate a milestone
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Great pics captured by Ollie
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Candid Pic - Credits to Ollie
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Candid Pic - Credits to Ollie
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Candid Pic - Credits to Ollie
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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