Simon Tomes | Activities
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Yay! Nice one, Demi. We did it and it worked: A cameras on TWiQ. Thank you for co-hosting. Always a pleasure to co-host with you. 🎉
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Thanks for joining the stage for This Week in Quality. Great to see you! Appreciated what you shared about high value activities.
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Great to see you on stage during This Week in Quality. Good to hear about some of the things you wouldn't hand over to AI, such as a merge request.
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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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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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Why your own messy notes still beat a tidy AI summary
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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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Hot take: Don't let AI take notes for you
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Why your own messy notes still beat a tidy AI summary
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Member visited A conversation on engineering management and AI
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Member visited A conversation on engineering management and AI
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Chaotic learning is not the best option
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Stop studying, start learning: How to stay focused in the world of shiny tools
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Stop studying, start learning: How to stay focused in the world of shiny tools
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A conversation on engineering management and AI
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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This Week in Quality enters a new, cameras-on format
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Joined DevRel Chapter chapter
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A Chapter for people who work in DevRel.
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World Cup ducks
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World Cup ducks
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World Cup ducks
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Community Osmosis: Watch, ask, and learn your way into a new tech role
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Community Osmosis: Watch, ask, and learn your way into a new tech role
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I've never done a proper podcast, yet here I am.20 episodes in.Weekly cadence.Great quality conversations.Catching up with old friends.Making some new ones.100% stepping outside of my comfort zone....
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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Celebrating 20 episodes of Into the MoTaverse!
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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