Swanny
@swanny.bsky.social
Quality Engineering Manager. Award winning Tech & Gaming blogger. Content Creator. Tea drinker. ADHD Warrior. Media Enquiries: hello@techherout.co.uk https://www.techherout.co.uk
Right, time to move on from tonight. But tonight was a masterclass in why you should never meet your heroes. Just a shame that it was my son that learned the lesson. C’est la vie!
No one will ever really understand why this was so important for me. I took it way worse than he did. He was fine. Today nearly didn’t happen, because ehe might not be here. I want the world for my son! And I want him in it! 😭
Swanny@swanny.bsky.social · 2w agoSo, tonight was a big one for me as a mum. My 15YO son had severe mental health issues this year and this evening performance was a bit of a landmark for us. I planned the best a mum could and I hoped that @thomyorke.wastehq.social would at least have a photo with my son. He refused all 10 people.
So, tonight was a big one for me as a mum. My 15YO son had severe mental health issues this year and this evening performance was a bit of a landmark for us. I planned the best a mum could and I hoped that @thomyorke.wastehq.social would at least have a photo with my son. He refused all 10 people.
I have no idea why I ever stopped posting here. I guess engagement got slow and I frustratingly ended up back at X. Trying again! Intro yourselves! I want to meet interesting new people!
Not been on here in a while another social network called WSocial seems to have popped up. No idea how to control replies anymore haha.
@thomyorke.wastehq.social If by any wild miracle you see this, I am attending tonight at the opening show of Hamlet with my 15-year-old son who is probably one of your biggest fans! Alex has had a really tough year and an opportunity to meet and get something signed would mean the world to him.
Gosh! It has been awhile since I have been here. How is everyone?
Day 10: @swanny.bsky.social Nominated by @simonjprior.bsky.social. Leila is an incredible Quality Advocate whose work this year and beyond deserves recognition. Congratulations on the 2025 QA Leader of the Year nomination - well deserved! #AdvenTesters
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BLOG: This weekend has been filled full of rest and love. Recharging your batteries is important after a full week of work and spending time with those who lift you up is everything. 🥰 open.substack.com/pub/swannyby...
A Weekend to Refill the Soul
This weekend was exactly the kind of slow, soul-nourishing reset I didn’t realise I’d been craving.
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My body changed. My confidence did too. Perimenopause, weight gain, wardrobe meltdowns and the weird grief of not recognising yourself anymore. This one’s raw, real, and a little sweaty. 👇 Read the post: open.substack.com/pub/swannyby...
Why This Heatwave Made Me Rethink My Whole Identity
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about confidence.
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How do you communicate with your teams? Do you consider how your feedback is taken by your reports? I’ve written a blog today about giving constructive feedback. swannybytes.substack.com/p/giving-fee...
Giving Feedback That Builds Instead of Breaks.
Today, I was given some feedback.
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This blog is the “work one”. The one that bares all about the past few years. Shares what I want to achieve and what’s holding me back! open.substack.com/pub/swannyby...
Where Does QE Fit In? A Love Letter to a Misunderstood Discipline
Lately, I’ve found myself reflecting a lot on life, love, parenting, and work.
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Two blogs in one weekend, I hear you say? Yes! It has been so therapeutic for me to share. I’m hoping I can keep the consistency. Warning: today’s blog is quite vulnerable for me, but I do hope you enjoy reading. open.substack.com/pub/swannyby...
The Blog That Launched a Life I Didn’t See Coming…
So here we are… I’m in that reflective kind of mood again (standard multitasking moment: staring into space while mentally time-travelling back to 2009).
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