An old-timer developer at my shop says this: A developer's job is to make QA's jobs boring. A QA's job is to catch developers making themselves look stupid.

An old-timer developer at my shop says this: A developer's job is to make QA's jobs boring. A QA's job is to catch developers making themselves look stupid. As a developer, I'm happy that QA is better at the job than the developers. Playing this game in a way that all can laugh over lunch is good for the culture as well as the business.