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Educating Future Generations of Testers with Simon Prior

11 October 2020 at 11:14 PM
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Educating Future Generations of Testers with Simon Prior

About This Episode:

The education of our future generation of testers is critical! In this episode, Simon Prior will share some ways to coach up your teams to become testing leaders in your organization. Discover the skills you need to grow, and how hiring with Neurodiversity in mind can help in numerous ways. Don’t miss it!

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About Simon Prior

Simon is heading up the Core QA team at EasyJet. In his career he has worked in various roles across IT from C++ developer, Scrum Master, Build Engineer before finally finding his passion in Testing. He’s worked in various domains from CyberSecurity, Gaming/Gambling and now the Airline industry.

He has a keen interest in finding ways to improve the testing process and ensuring products are released with the highest possible quality. He also loves coaching/mentoring his team to be the best they can, enabling them to use all possible tools and skills to get their job done to the best of their ability

Simon is a well-known speaker and meetup organizer in the Software Testing world and also a keen advocate for companies to consider Neurodiversity as part of their inclusion programs.

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