cm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 6 months agoThe difference between programmers and testersimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down111cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1imageThe difference between programmers and testerscm0002@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 6 months agomessage-square71linkfedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremspencer712@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down1·6 months agoLove this, 100% accurate. QA people are amazing, protect us from ourselves in so many ways we didn’t even think of.
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·6 months agoI wish our test team was like that. Ours would respond with something like “How would I test this?”
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up64·6 months agoBut they still don’t think of all common user possibilities. I like this joke: A software tester walks into a bar. Runs into a bar. Crawls into a bar. Dances into a bar. Flies into a bar. Jumps into a bar. And orders: a beer. 2 beers. 0 beers. 99999999 beers. a lizard in a beer glass. -1 beer. “qwertyuiop” beers. Testing complete. A real customer walks into the bar and asks where the bathroom is. The bar goes up in flames.
minus-squarethisissam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoBathroom testing was not in scope. This one’s on management.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoYou know, I feel like management deciding what is and isn’t in scope on their own is itself asking for trouble.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·6 months agoMost of the best QA folks I’ve worked with had teenage children. I imagine dealing with developers is similar.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 months agoI love working with competent QA engineers. It’s always a humbling experience.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI learned more about how computers work from them than I did in all my schooling.
minus-squareRagingHungryPanda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoHey! My company just fired ours today!
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 months agoAfter all, most delays can directly be traced to the QA department. Wise business decision!
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 months agoYes, I second this. QA has caught so many things that did not cross my mind, effectively saving everyone from many painful releases
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoIt’s also the system administrator and SRE mindset.
Love this, 100% accurate. QA people are amazing, protect us from ourselves in so many ways we didn’t even think of.
I wish our test team was like that. Ours would respond with something like “How would I test this?”
But they still don’t think of all common user possibilities. I like this joke:
A software tester walks into a bar.
Runs into a bar.
Crawls into a bar.
Dances into a bar.
Flies into a bar.
Jumps into a bar.
And orders:
a beer.
2 beers.
0 beers.
99999999 beers.
a lizard in a beer glass.
-1 beer.
“qwertyuiop” beers.
Testing complete.
A real customer walks into the bar and asks where the bathroom is.
The bar goes up in flames.
Bathroom testing was not in scope.
This one’s on management.
You know, I feel like management deciding what is and isn’t in scope on their own is itself asking for trouble.
Most of the best QA folks I’ve worked with had teenage children.
I imagine dealing with developers is similar.
I love working with competent QA engineers. It’s always a humbling experience.
I learned more about how computers work from them than I did in all my schooling.
Hey! My company just fired ours today!
After all, most delays can directly be traced to the QA department. Wise business decision!
Yes, I second this. QA has caught so many things that did not cross my mind, effectively saving everyone from many painful releases
It’s also the system administrator and SRE mindset.