Simon Tomes | Activities
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The Questions the Community Taught Me to Ask
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The Questions the Community Taught Me to Ask
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The Questions the Community Taught Me to Ask
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The Questions the Community Taught Me to Ask
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It was great getting to chat with you again yesterday!
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The Questions the Community Taught Me to Ask
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When I look at this iceberg, I see my own journey as a tester.
For a long time, I spent most of my attention on what was visible above the surface. Test cases, coverage percentages, pass rate...
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Frog in the pot: why communities struggle to change
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This Week in Community (TWiC) — Episode 3
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Is human community the last refuge from AI slop?
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This Week in Community (TWiC) — Episode 2
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This Week in Community: We just went for it
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The very first TWiC episode
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Here's why I recommend Judy Mosley
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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Meet the people leading the Leading with Quality day!
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Meet the people leading the Leading with Quality day!
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Here's why I recommend Judy Mosley
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Quality tooling silos
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Quality tooling silos
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The tool that makes your testing easier might be the same one cutting you off from the team that builds the product.
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Quality tooling silos
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Quality tooling silos
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Zombie Testing: One Behavior at a Time
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Here's why I recommend Judy Mosley
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Meet the people leading the Leading with Quality day!
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Bug congrats on becoming SQEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming SQEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming SQEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming SQEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming SQEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming SQEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming SQEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified! 🏆
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Zombie Testing
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Definitions of Zombie Testing
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Zombie Testing: One Behavior at a Time
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Loop Engineering's Dirty Secret
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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