Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
He / Him
STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
Open To
Write
Teach
Speak
Meet at MoTaCon 2026
Podcasting
Review Conference Proposals
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
First ever 180
contributed:
I think I first played darts when I was around 12. So I only had to wait 48 years or so to hit my first maximum at darts. Hope the second doesn’t take that long lol
earned:
99 Second Talks - Day 1 at TestBash Brighton 2024
thanked contributors on:
When I look at this iceberg, I see my own journey as a tester.Â
For a long time, I spent most of my attention on what was visible above the surface. Test cases, coverage percentages, pass rate...
earned:
The Questions the Community Taught Me to Ask
Contributions
I think I first played darts when I was around 12. So I only had to wait 48 years or so to hit my first maximum at darts. Hope the second doesn’t take that long lol
Grateful for the wonderful artwork for the Leeds Chapter of MoTÂ
In this week's episode of This Week in Quality, we talked about grief. Grief may be a strange topic to talk about in technology, but I think it's an important one. Much of the industry is shifting....
A thoughtful, vulnerable episode about grief, identity, AI, writing, and the emotional cost of trying to influence quality in organisations that don’t always listen.
This is the first time we've had six people with cameras on on the TWiQ stage. Woop! Woop! 🎉Good humans being open and honest about things. Thank you, Judy, for leading the way. 🤩
I remember something Ady said is that you can always learn something new from training courses at any level. I've got 2 ISTQB foundations certs and after achieving those 15 years ago, I've not real...
