Podcast Episodes

An exploration of why self-advocacy and community are the ultimate survival tools for solo quality professionals.

Celebrate surprise-smooth demos, learn how solo testers spark better quality conversations, and explore “assumption investigating” as a core skill for making work clearer and kinder.

A conversation with Shawn Vernier on skepticism in quality engineering, the realities of test automation, and the most important part, AI tentacles.

Understand why the MoTaverse membership model is changing, what stays free, what moves to Pro, and how the team is designing a safer, higher-quality platform that helps your profile shine.

A revealing conversation exploring how the 1,400+ different quality and testing job titles reveal a deeper identity challenge in software testing.

Hear honest job-search and career-change stories, pick up confidence-boosting advice from the community, and enjoy the wonderfully weird side-threads that make the MoTaverse feel like home.

Kim Knup joins us to talk about testing to internal DevRel, building platforms with care, and navigating career change through community and connection.

Cut through the AI hype, swap real guardrail stories, and laugh at the rainbow-vomit moments along the way.

Nataliia Burmei reflects on navigating the modern quality engineering job market and leadership roles through confidently leading with her strengths.

Swap your team’s favourite quality superstitions, laugh at cursed demos and disappearing bugs, and turn “don’t deploy on Fridays” from folklore into smarter release habits.

What happens when testers become engineering leaders? Chris Miles shares how holistic quality thinking scales across organisations.