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The truth is that if you're generating 30-page spreadsheets as a final product, you're a dinosaur. They're part of the old waterfall model of big upfront desig
by DavidWoof 9y ago
The truth is that if you're generating 30-page spreadsheets as a final product, you're a dinosaur. They're part of the old waterfall model of big upfront design and a month in QA before a every release. You still find both in certain industries, but most sites move way too fast for that these days.
With the right training and a decent framework (not just raw Selenium), modern skilled QA testers can generate automated scripts as fast or faster as the old school could generate spreadsheets, which can then be run almost instantly on every check-in to master, not just once in every six month cycle. If you're in QA and not picking up those skills, you're going to find yourself obsolete very very soon.
- sjg007 9y agoThat's not what this post is about. They wanted the spreadsheets to hand off to unqualified testers so that's what they got. This QA person might very well be automating in the day to day.
- lfowles 9y agoIt should also be noted that this is from /r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit. I suspect the strategy is a bit like using poor/crazy coding practices for "job security". They basically serialized their work into spreadsheets in an attempt to overwhelm the company into hiring them.
- Retric 9y agoAutomated tests are only the front line of QA. If your trusting them as the only check before production you will be bitten and bitten hard by this.
- emodendroket 9y agoNot every place is a Web startup.