Rosie Sherry

Community builder who founded Ministry of Testing and runs Rosieland

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About Rosie Sherry

Rosie Sherry is a community builder and founder best known for Ministry of Testing, a global community for software testers and quality engineers that began in 2007. What started as an online space for testers grew into a bootstrapped business spanning conferences, training, memberships and content, and it is regularly described as one of the largest communities in software testing. Sherry continues to lead it, now framing the wider ecosystem as the MoTaverse.

Beyond testing, Sherry has worked as community lead at Indie Hackers and later at Orbit, a community-growth software company, and became a familiar, encouraging presence among indie makers online.

Sherry also runs Rosieland, a home for writing, research and a shared knowledge base about community building, covering tools, books, a glossary and essays for people growing communities. Sherry's Indie Hackers profile sums up the mix as community builder, founder, mother of five and unschooler, and lists Ministry of Testing's revenue publicly.

Products by Rosie Sherry

Ministry of Testing

ministryoftesting.com

Global community, events and training platform for software testers and quality engineers.

$110K/mo

Rosieland

rosie.land

Writing, research and a shared knowledge base for community builders.

Timeline

2007 — Started what became Ministry of Testing, a community for software testers.

How Rosie builds

Wherever people gather, community naturally forms; the job is to nurture it.
Kindness and generosity are the foundation of strong communities.
Communities have real costs and should be treated as a service, not a free add-on.
Favour genuine connection over social media metrics.

Learn from Rosie Sherry

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Rosieland

Essays, research, tools and a glossary for people building communities.

by Rosie Sherry

[community]

Ministry of Testing

Community, conferences and learning resources for software testing professionals.

by Rosie Sherry

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Rosie Sherry FAQ

What is Rosie Sherry known for?

Rosie Sherry founded Ministry of Testing, one of the largest software testing communities, led community at Indie Hackers and Orbit, and runs Rosieland for community builders.

What is Ministry of Testing?

Ministry of Testing is a bootstrapped global community for software testers that runs online learning, memberships and conferences, and dates back to 2007.