Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
He / Him
I am Open to Write, Teach, Speak, Meet at MoTaCon 2026, Podcasting, Review Conference Proposals
STEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, training, Leeds Chapter host. MoT Certs curator and contributor. Testing wisdom, friendly, parody songs and poems
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Awarded for:
Achieving 5 or more Community Star badges
Activity
earned:
2.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
earned:
1.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
earned:
1.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
earned:
1.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
earned:
There's no such thing as a testing mindset
Contributions
Depending on the context, we think in different ways
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.
I had a personal message thanking me for the gap analysis. The person had thought they were not good enough to apply for a role titled 'Quality Engineer'. But after taking the gap analysis, they fo...
I answered Simon's call for insights and had a great conversation with him all about my goals for 2026, and how I want to make thinking in testing visible, intentional, and teachable. I'm looking f...
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...
Meet Percy. We are looking after him for the day.
Reconnect with the MoTaverse through chapters, celebrate what’s changed while Deanna was away, and learn how local events help you grow your network and your craft.
All thing MoT in Leeds
Victoria Chan lead a workshop on embracing self promotion called I am remarkable. It was great to see everyone joining in and sharing their thoughts. Lots of ways to relate to the tech world. I’ll ...
Happy to be going to Leeds for the Chapter meeting, but the weather is terrible.
If 404 is not found, is 1404 mostly not found?