Name: South West Test - Quality Journeys, CV Wins & Code Mutations
Start: 2025-09-18T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-18T20:00:00+01:00
Location: SRT Marine

Following on from our epic 10 Year Anniversary, we are back with another evening packed with Testing Talks, networking, and (of course) pizza! 🍕

This time we’re being hosted by the brilliant team at SRT Marine, who’ll be making sure everyone is well looked after. We’ve also got three fantastic talks lined up that you won’t want to miss 💚

Here’s the plan for the night

👉 Doors open from **6pm** – come along early, grab a slice of pizza **(thanks to SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment for providing these),** and enjoy a drink (soft and alcoholic options available) provided by our hosts **SRT Marine 💛**) and catch up with old friends or meet some new ones.

👉 At around **6:30pm** we’ll get stuck into the talks.

**Talk 1: Sam Webb : My Epic Test Adventure at the DVSA – Building Quality**
Stepping into the public sector for the first time has been both exciting and challenging. In this talk I’ll share my journey of joining the DVSA during a key transition period, and how I’m working to shape and grow a quality-focused team. From navigating change to setting the foundations for lasting improvements, I’ll give an honest account of the lessons, challenges, and opportunities that come with leading quality in such a vital organisation.

**Talk 2: Paul Sapnik from Does QA - CV QA**
Submitting your CV is like releasing software, if it crashes at startup, the rest of your work doesn’t matter. In this session, I’ll quickly walk through common CV pitfalls I've seen too often when hiring, and the simple fixes that can dramatically increase your chances of making it to interview.

**Talk 3: Jack Proudman – Mutation Testing**
Mutation testing is a fault injection technique where we programmatically change aspects of our applications code to evaluate testing.
We'll take a look at how it works and why we might want to do this followed with an investigation into using a particular tool on a codebase.

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Our meetups are open to absolutely anyone with an interest in Software Testing, whether you are just getting started, a seasoned QA, or a Developer curious to dive deeper into the world of testing. Many people come on their own and we always make sure the atmosphere is friendly, inclusive, and welcoming 💚 No cliques, no pressure , just good conversation, shared learning, and a great community vibe.

Please do share the meetup details with your friends, workmates or anyone who you think would love to attend.

If you want to join us over on Slack - Please feel free to do so using this link:
[http://tinyurl.com/SouthWestTest2024](http://tinyurl.com/SouthWestTest2024)

**Feel free to reach out to our organiser Sam if you would like to get involved in hosting or speaking at a future meetup [[sam@sr2rec.co.uk](http://sam@sr2rec.co.uk/)]**

Samantha Miller

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