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Simon Prior 🌻

@simonjprior.bsky.social
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Father of 2 boys, Husband, Head of QE, Podcaster, Mentor, Leader, Football Fan, WWE fanatic, Crime Fiction lover and Standup Comedy addict. Neurodiversity advocate and a bit neurospicy 🌶️ Posh fan but now following Wycombe Wanderers through eldest son!

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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Over 50% of Gen-Z identify as #Neurodivergent. This is a big shift and the numbers will only increase as people become more comfortable sharing their needs. How do we get our systems to follow? #Neurodiversity I wrote this, would love your thoughts: leadtestinclude.com/2025/09/06/t...
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The Neurodivergent Majority: Rethinking Normal in a Gen Z World
Let’s start with a number that should stop us in our tracks: 53% of Gen Z now identify as neurodivergent. ADHD, autism, dyslexia, anxiety, OCD, the labels vary, but the message is clear: the n…
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I’ve designed a #QualityEngineering Transformation model. Check out this post below for all the details. #SoftwareTesting #SoftwareQuality www.linkedin.com/posts/leadte...
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#opentowork #qualityengineering #transformation #softwaretesting | Simon Prior 🌻
The Quality Engineering Transformation Model is designed to help teams who want to modernise their testing practices. There may be nothing wrong with the way you’re currently testing, but are there wa...
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
My attempt at a standup comedy set about #SoftwareTesting and #QualityEngineering. www.linkedin.com/posts/leadte...
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#peerscon25 | Simon Prior 🌻
A bit of Saturday morning fun, inspired by Linda Van De Vooren at #PeersCon25… I’ve always loved my comedy & have been working on a short set about Testing…
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Oleksandr Romanov 🇺🇦 @al8xr.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Check out the latest episode of the Testing Minutes podcast, where I and @grygorenko.bsky.social talked with @simonjprior.bsky.social about testing and quality culture youtu.be/17u0Dd_aEgM?...
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Episode 49: Software testing and quality culture for airlines with Simon Prior
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Ahh hello Bluesky! Much calmer and nicer place to be today!
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Great game at @wwfc.com yesterday. Most dominant performance I’ve seen for a while without getting the winner. First game for my youngest son yesterday too so first time we’d been as a family!
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Who’s on Goodreads? Here’s my profile: Check out my profile on Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/user/show/16... #BookSky 📚💙
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Simon Prior has 142 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading The Quartet Murders by J.R. Ellis
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C.J. Tudor - Author @cjtudor.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hey #BookSky 📚💙, how do you choose your next book? I can never decide so found an app called “Tiny Decisions” which spins a wheel for me.
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Testing Peers @testingpeers.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Episode 120 of the podcast is live, join @christovskia.bsky.social, David Maynard, @friendlytester.bsky.social and @testninja77.bsky.social to hear the discussion around the future of the role of the SDET! Thanks to our sponsors nFocus Testing testingpeers.com?p=8465
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Podcast Episode 120 - Does the role of the SDET have a future? - Testing Peers
Welcome to another Testing Peers podcast episode. This time, join Chris, David, Richard Bradshaw and Al Goodall (whose surname Chris had some real issues remembering, sorry Al!) In this episode, the P...
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Awesome evening at the European Software Testing Awards. We may not have won but the team is award winning in my eyes!
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Who’s off to the European Software Testing Awards this evening? See you there!
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Great to see @wwfcchairboys.bsky.social trailblazing on BlueSky like they are this season in league one! One more reason to stop using Twitter! Think my son approves! 😂
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Reposting this now I have more followers… anyone worked in the tribe/squad model? How was quality treated? What challenges did you have?
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Tech friends… our org has announced we are moving from waterfall ways of working with outsourced dev/test to full on “Spotify model” but still with outsourced nearshore product squads… I’m trying to lay out where the internal QE team fits & grows but would love to hear experience from others
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Anyone else have a long list of #podcast episodes to catch up on? But insist on listening to them in chronological order? I’m currently 2 months behind on the date they are released… this rate I’ll be listening to Christmas episodes in February/March Or is this just my #neurodivergent brain?
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Gave a training session at work on #Neurodiversity last week, focusing on Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia and then collaborating with attendees on how we make the workplace more #Neuroinclusive. Always humbling when people share their stories and challenges…
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
www.linkedin.com/posts/leadte... #softwaretesting is still Important!
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Simon Prior 🌻 on LinkedIn: Holiday flight chaos worsened by password problem - report
Remember this NATS issue which caused mayhem last August Bank Holiday? Well the official CAA report has been released and it has interesting reading for the…
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
My completed reads thread for 2024. Book 1 - Normal Schmormal: My occasionally helpful guide to parenting kids with special needs by Ashley Blaker www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #BookSky📚💙
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Simon Prior's review of Normal Schmormal
5/5: This book is a really candid and light hearted view on life as a parent to neurodivergent children. As a parent of two ND boys myself, it really resonated with me. The book is structured in eas...
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Simon Prior 🌻 @simonjprior.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
So first message on bluesky. Is this basically what Twitter use to be?
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