News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How Going Back to Coding After 10 Years Almost Crushed Me. Parent comment

Re:How Going Back to Coding After 10 Years Almost Crushed Me by sumedh on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:50AM (#26723473)
> Some of them are so bad

So why is your company hiring bad QAs?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Going Back to Coding After 10 Years Almost Crushed Me by cassianoleal on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:38AM (#26724729)
The answer seems to be in the same message:

> QA is considered a place for second-rate developers

Obviously, if you look for second-rate developers to be your testers, you will end up with second-rate testers or worse!

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Going Back to Coding After 10 Years Almost Crushed Me by tablespoon on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:55AM (#26725830)
> Obviously, if you look for second-rate developers to be your testers, you will end up with second-rate testers or worse!

Yeah, and to make my thoughts a little clearer: if your organization does that, it's no wonder some people come to the (wrong) conclusion that only devs should test their own code. To come to the right conclusion in such an org, you either need an outlier experience (e.g. a talented tester who chose the role against organizational incentives) or the ability to see past your own direct experiences (which is really hard).

[ Parent | on HN ]