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Mr Stephen P Platten
Principal Consultant
I am an award winning (European Software Testing awards, TESTA) tester and QA, with a passion to the best version of myself:
"The best manager, tester, and coach I can be, to be "The Stoic Tester."
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An exploration of shift right and how to practice it within testing
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Quality in the RAF and what it taught me about testing - Discipline, risk and assurance across domains
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Quality in the RAF and what it taught me about testing - Discipline, risk and assurance across domains
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Explore the parallels between the lessons Stephen learnt in the RAF and his current work.
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I'm super excited to anounce our 2026 Ambassadors!!
Make sure to follow them on the MoTaverse.
And the 2026 Ambassadors of the MoTaverse are...........
- Ady Stokes
- Ben Dowen
- Cassandr...
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The Role of QA In Software Development
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Stoicism and testing, ancient wisdom meets modern techniques
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Stoicism and testing, ancient wisdom meets modern techniques
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Stephen did a talk called "Stoicism & Software Testing: Ancient Philosophy Meets Modern Methods"
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I'm a fan and advocate of Stoicism an ancient Greek philosophy
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Help us analyse the tasks SDETs or Automators carry out as part of their role
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