Simon Tomes | Activities
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19.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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We've had a job board for a while and also the option to mark yourself as Open To work, hire, speak, etc.Sometimes it helps to show up and refresh people's minds that your company is hiring.If you ...
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Who is hiring? [September 2026]
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Who is hiring? [September 2026]
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It’s not only about what you do, but how you go about it.This line has been on my mind recently and sums up a lot of my current thinking about Quality Management Systems - the what and the how and...
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It's not only about what you do, but how you go about it.
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It's not only about what you do, but how you go about it.
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Ray Ozzie and the Optimism of Being Early
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Gimme something fresh from the MoTaverse
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s ghostly highlights, ghoulish challenges, and spooky lessons in quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Gimme something fresh from the MoTaverse
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Save mental energy: have your next learning pick chosen for you
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What can quality professionals learn from site reliability engineers?
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Staying fast, reliable, and usable
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Staying fast, reliable, and usable
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Staying fast, reliable, and usable
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Staying fast, reliable, and usable
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Staying fast, reliable, and usable
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What can quality professionals learn from site reliability engineers?
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Nice one for amplifying Mirza Sisic's Software Testing in Regulated Industries course.
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"No code needed" is one of those phrases that gets thrown around a lot. Thunders actually means it.Thunders writes, runs and self-heals tests from plain language, an AI-powered automation platform ...
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⚡️ Thunders joins us at MoTaCon 2026!
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⚡️ Thunders joins us at MoTaCon 2026!
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⚡️ Thunders joins us at MoTaCon 2026!
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⚡️ Thunders joins us at MoTaCon 2026!
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Bug congrats on your first week as a Sr. Lead QA Engineer at CitiusTech.
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"Bug congrats, Komal.
Folks who have med/health tech experience who might be able to help:
Ben Dowen, Vishakha Raut, Svitlana Lanevych, Emma Keaveny, Simon Rigler, Ana B and Dave Harrison."
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Wrapped up my first week as a Sr. Lead QA Engineer at CitiusTech! Since this is 100% focused on the healthcare domain specifically MedTech it’s brand new territory for me.
If anyone has key i...
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New Job, New Chapter: Stepping Into Healthcare QA! 🩺
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New Job, New Chapter: Stepping Into Healthcare QA! 🩺
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The AI safety vibe shift
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Ray Ozzie and the Optimism of Being Early
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Anthropic report - Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: Into hell and back again
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Have you played the call out the elephant game?
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Small things are worth sharing
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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