Into The MoTaverse
Into the MoTaverse is a podcast by Ministry of Testing, hosted by Rosie Sherry, exploring the people, insights, and systems shaping quality in modern software teams. Through thoughtful conversations and reflections, the podcast dives into quality engineering, software testing, leadership, technology trends and career growth. Whether you’re early in your career or shaping quality at scale, Into the MoTaverse is a space to think deeply about what quality really means and how it evolves.
The research behind 1,435 quality and software testing job titles - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 7
In this episode of Into the MoTaverse, Rosie Sherry sits down with Brazilian testing leader Julio de Lima to explore the evolution of software testing across borders.
Julio shares his journey from developer to educator, training over 22,000 testers in Brazil, and reflects on how language barriers, limited resources, and community growth shaped his career. Together, they compare the Brazilian and U.S. testing markets, unpacking surprising data from Julio’s research into job postings—including the explosion of QA job titles, shifting automation expectations, and the reality of remote work trends.
It’s an honest, global...
The curiosity-filled career path from tester to internal DevRel - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 6
In this episode of Into the MoTaverse, Rosie Sherry catches up with long-time friend and community member Kim Knup to explore her journey from tester to internal DevRel Manager at Legal & General. Together they unpack platform engineering, communities of practice, quality as care, and what it really means to grow your career without losing your roots.
Key Takeaways:
Career growth isn’t always linear. Stepping “back” can open unexpected doors.Internal DevRel is about visibility, connection, and making work flow better across teams.Platform engineering should be treated like a product. With real customers and real use ca...Playing to Your Strengths: Navigating the Modern Quality Engineering Job Market - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 5
In this episode, Rosie Sherry sits down with Nataliia Burmei to talk candidly about navigating today’s tech job market, building confidence in leadership roles, and redefining what quality really means.
Nataliia shares her recent experience of what brought on the the decision of making the brave move of leaving a role without a new one to go to.
Together they explored refining CVs and building tangible technical proof, to learning how to “sell shamelessly” by leading with strengths. She reflects on the mental game of job hunting, especially how confidence fluctuates after rejection or redund...
Don't automate quality, automate testing - Into the MoTaverse - Episode 4
This conversation between Rosie Sherry, founder of Ministry of Testing, and Chris Miles, Head of Platform Engineering at Legal & General, explores the evolving landscape of quality engineering. With over 25 years in the field, Chris shares how a "testing mindset" serves as a foundation for leadership and why the future of quality lies in communication, language, and the democratization of technical skills through AI.
Quality voyeurism and the power of observation - Into The MoTaverse Episode 3
What happens when you stop seeing software testing as a "quality gate" and start seeing it as a creative loop? In this episode of Into the MoTaverse, we sit down with Luke Lattimer-Rogers, a seasoned quality lead with over 14 years of experience across fashion, gaming, and even prison software.
Luke challenges the traditional delineation between science and art, arguing that coding and QA are fundamentally creative acts of problem-solving.
We dive deep into:
The automation treadmill: Why focusing solely on automation can zap the creativity and exploratory joy out of a role.Quality voyeurism...Career growth with a Community as a Service (CaaS) mindset - Into The MoTaverse - Episode 2
In this episode of Into the MoTaverse, host Rosie Sherry is joined by Simon Tomes to pull back the curtain on the evolution of the Ministry of Testing, aka The MoTaverse.
They dive into the idea of Community as a Service (CaaS) and how it becomes so much more powerful to offer many different opportunities for their people under the banner of CaaS. Community is everywhere, everything is intertwined, being able to build and offer events, learning, and opportunities under one banner passes the “Aaah Test”.
Discovering confidence through community - Into The MoTaverse - Episode 1
"I can't believe it hasn't even been a year!"
What has felt like years of knowing Eamon, in reality it has been less than a year. This partly shows the power of the people, but also what is possible in community. We're launching our new podcast Into the MoTaverse, hosted by Rosie Sherry and our first guest had to be Eamon Droko.
As we were chatting, and as I was scrolling through his MoT Profile I couldn't believe it was less than a year since he dived into and embraced MoT, and of course we...
