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A comment on Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests” (2013). Parent comment

Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by alkonaut on Thursday December 08, 2016 @09:53AM (#13130597)
If maintainability is part of "works" and tests are a necessity for maintainability (they are), then the quote becomes prettu weird. Substituting [code and tests] for [code that works] gives

> I get paid for [code and tests] not for tests.

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Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by smallnamespace on Thursday December 08, 2016 @10:03AM (#13130669)
The discussion was around what the right level of testing is.

> I get paid for [code that works and is maintainable], not [more tests than are strictly necessary to achieve that goal]

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Re:Kent Beck: “I get paid for code that works, not for tests... by alkonaut on Thursday December 08, 2016 @10:51AM (#13131029)
Yeah, that's the reasonable interpretation (which is also backed up by the full article). As usual the quote is taken out of context and/or put into a headline that's deliberately much more inflammatory than the actual article.
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