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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. π MoT-STEC qualified.
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The ITC Model: Three ways to learn, and why balancing them matters
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What quality tensions are worth negotiating?
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What quality tensions are worth negotiating?
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The ITC Model: Three ways to learn, and why balancing them matters
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The ITC Model: Three ways to learn, and why balancing them matters
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Learning shows up everywhere. Participating in the MoTaverse takes many forms, from reading an insight, watching a talk, picking up a lesson in a course and much more.
The catch. Starting, and sh...
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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High value activities: The faces of quality
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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How do exploratory testing and intuitive debugging and link to Father's Day?
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The STATUS model and the human aspect of technical learning
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The STATUS model and the human aspect of technical learning
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Check the status of your technical skills
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The STATUS model and the human aspect of technical learning
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The STATUS model and the human aspect of technical learning
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The STATUS model and the human aspect of technical learning
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Check the status of your technical skills
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Can you see me now?
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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"Wow, Jane. I imagine your testing journals have a treasure trove of knowledge and experience. Perhaps an opportunity to turn some of them into Moments on the MoTaverse. π"
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"Well said, Rahul.
Well said, Komal. "
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"Thanks for sharing, Madhuri. A follow up question, if I may.
How might someone use AI to support their efforts to help an ATS recognise keywords and to not miss transferable skills?"
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ATS usually means Applicant Tracking System β the software companies use to collect, filter, and rank job applications before a recruiter or hiring manager reviews them.
How ATS helps testers/job...
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AMA crafting CV for UK job market : what is ATS and how does it help/hinder?
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AMA crafting CV for UK job market : what is ATS and how does it help/hinder?
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AMA crafting CV for UK job market : what is ATS and how does it help/hinder?
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ATS usually means Applicant Tracking System β the software companies use to collect, filter, and rank job applications before a recruiter or hiring manager reviews them.
How ATS helps testers/job...
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Member visited A conversation on engineering management and AI
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Can you see me now?
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Member joined TWiQ β This Week in Quality chapter
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Can you see me now?
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Can you see me now?
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High value activities: The faces of quality
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AI Coding Tip 022 - Give AI a Harness to Work With
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"Thanks, Heleen.
Learning well from own notes vs not learning well from borrowed notes. I like your framing."
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Bug Congrats on a great job hosting the new video enabled TWiQ!
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Today's This Week in Quality had the hosts with their cameras on for the very first time! ... And since I could see them, I was extremely convinced that they could see me as well. Cue lots of emoti...
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Can you see me now?
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Can you see me now?
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Can you see me now?
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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High value activities: The faces of quality
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