Gary Hawkes
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering

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Really enjoyed listening to your insights (especially talking about AI) on this weeks episode. image
Really enjoyed listening to your insights (especially talking about AI) on this weeks episode.
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
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Great article Stuart. 👏 Keeping this as a reference as I'm in the process of influencing a project team to consider o... image
"Great article Stuart. 👏 Keeping this as a reference as I'm in the process of influencing a project team to consider observability as part of their ideation and story definition"
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
thanked contributors on:
The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production image
Integrate monitoring, observability, and alerting into the core quality engineering process to ensure systems are as diagnosable as they are functional
The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production image
The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production
Gary Hawkes
Gary Hawkes
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The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production image
The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production

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Where a quality engineer looks at a piece of software and bugs just jump out.
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I'll admit last week I was quite low. I'd seen over the last few weeks examples of where AI was used by a handful of developers and product managers in a way I felt treated quality with contempt. A...
From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be sone to bridge the gap between ... image
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Another great question asked by Gary Hawkes for the : AMA about transition from Manual to Automation Tester From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be son...
There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short? image
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For my AMA on Accessibility Testing, Gary Hawkes asked. "There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?" This is a great question, a...
What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast? image
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Gary Hawkes asks: I agree that podcasting has become a very powerful medium to communicate. What are your do's and don'ts to producing a quality podcast? I'll answer this with a production head in...
AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations? image
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Thanks for the question Emily!I remember being on a management course based on the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey many years ago. The course was great and I absorbed all ...
AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority? image
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So Richards question in full was "My biggest challenge when I was in a leadership role was that it wasn't a position of authority. Whilst I was the leader on how to think about quality and testing,...
AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point? image
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The turning point was in my previous role back in 2018. I'd had a cycle of :  leadership role -> lose confidence from mistakes -> take a contributor role -> get promoted to leadership...
How do you communicate confidence in quality to those outside QE, when the confidence is beyond just the correctness ... image
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This question is taken from the AMA about quality beyond correctness, and comes from Gary Hawkes. How do you communicate confidence in quality to those outside QE, when the confidence is beyond jus...
AMA Leadership Answer - Can you share a story about an early days leadership lightbulb moment? image
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I've had a lot of lightbulb moments as I've been going through my leadership journey, most of them subtle learnings the built up over time. At the beginning, I thought the promotion was about me an...
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