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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. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
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Peerscon - Insight with Jesse
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Peerscon - Insight with Jesse
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"Two legends meeting in person for the first time. Epic! 🤩🤩"
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As I walked into the Trent Conference Centre, Emily O'Connor leapt off her seat and greeted me like an old friend with a big hug. I really appreciated that and it gave me a beaming smile as I navig...
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs
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Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showed customers other users' transactions
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The Community's Guide to Metrics and Measurement
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Love 'em or hate 'em, metrics influence how we build quality software. This collections helps explore metrics and things that can be measured.
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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"This is wonderful! 🤩"
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Today I had the joy of meeting MOT Ambassador Rahul Parwal and his family in the very same city where I grew up. It felt incredibly special to reconnect here, in a place that holds so many memories...
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Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
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Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
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Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
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‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push
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It's been a pleasure to have Preeti involved and growing in the MoTaverse over the past year.
Here she is doing a 99 second talk on the big MoTaCon stage.
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Preeti keeps expanding her horizons
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Preeti keeps expanding her horizons
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Preeti keeps expanding her horizons
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It's been more than a month since I returned from MotaCon but still feels like it was yesterday. Though it was a busy month for me but every morning when I see these two mugs in my cupboard, it rem...
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That Sip of Tea - My Daily Reminder That I Belong to the MoT Community
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That Sip of Tea - My Daily Reminder That I Belong to the MoT Community
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That Sip of Tea - My Daily Reminder That I Belong to the MoT Community
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Loved recording a call for insights with you! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, experience and reflections.
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I featured your call for insights on the MoTaverse homepage. 😃
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The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs
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The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs
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Mind the QA of the gaps
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Joined MoT Vilnius chapter
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The MoTaverse exists to advance the quality engineering and software testing industry in a fun, safe, professional and forward-thinking way.MoT Vilnius Chapter events exist to bring people together and help them learn about all things quality. We're looking for a new organiser of this Chapter! Do you want to be the one? Contact us now using the chat bot.
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"Thanks for listening, Gary. Appreciate you sharing your reflections."
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Looking forward to discussing all things accessibility in Leeds tonight at Hippo DigitalÂ
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On the way to A11y North
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On the way to A11y North
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On the way to A11y North
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"Good test report and reflections. Thanks for sharing."
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I took my girls down to the park. They did a bit roller skating at the skatepark whilst I hung out at the outdoor gym.I thought I'd riff following on from Gary's post on an outdoor gym failing test...
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Outdoor gym, test passed.
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Outdoor gym, test passed.
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Outdoor gym, test passed.
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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Always good to hear Barry Ehigiator and Stu Day have a chat about anything (!) and this case I heard them chat about reporting in a quality engineering context.Barry used the term "Risk Advisers" w...
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This badge is awarded to members who choose to visibly support neurodiversity on their Ministry of Testing profile.
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Thank you for your SQEC lesson "Influencing stakeholders in Quality Engineering". It's absolutely brilliant! 🤩
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Viola Lykova explains why teams should stop overtesting login page UI and instead focus on a handful of high-impact authentication journey tests.
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