It's rather apparent to me anyway, what the OP meant. If I see someone expending an enormous effort writing tests, I'd probably conclude the same, unless I had

It's rather apparent to me anyway, what the OP meant. If I see someone expending an enormous effort writing tests, I'd probably conclude the same, unless I had knowledge of their expertise, in which case, I'd respect their judgement. The OP meant to draw a line which in their mind, distinguishes an expert from a novice. I don't see why so many people are getting all bent out of shape for. >This is obviously wrong. What makes it obviously wrong? It seems to be a personal opinion. >That's a generalization that does not apply everywhere. Does a comment necessarily have to contain statements that apply to every single person in every single situation at every point in time? I think we'd have to delete pretty much all comments on this website then.