Simon Tomes | Moments
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There are countless ways to show up and contribute. Which one will you try today?
22 October 2016 at TestBash Manchester Unconference day. Pretty sure Rajit Singh (my business partner at the time) and Joep Schuurke...
Recorded insights with Simon on engineering management and AI. It will be published soon, so watch this space. If this is somet...
A pessimist, optimist and realist are talking about writing. Previously they agreed to write about new processes at work which means thin...
Inspired by Clare Norman's recent lightning learning sessions. A speaker pulled out last minute so a developer stepped in to share what t...
Reflections of Clare Norman's take on workshops during TWiQ. Goals are important when running a workshop yet the way you get there i...
Read Melissa Fisher's blog post: My rubber duck buddy — LLM use case - accelerate your thinkingShe uses Co-pilot to get her thinking in o...
Any of my former coworkers can confirm that I can talk about QA for hours at work, where I'm comfortable; where I know the audience. ...
Learning lots of secrets about clean code with Simon and Demi!
Bring your vacuum, feather duster and wipes because it's time for some clean code!Why bother? As Martin Fowler so gracefully puts it:"Any...
Reading an article in one of my favourite newspapers, I recently learned about "asymmetry of criteria". In that context the author was ta...
Partially back from a two month hiatus - apologies this took forever but it never left my backlog! From the original moment: AMA about Ep...
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.
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