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This issue with testers in my experience is that anyone who is a really, really good tester has the skills and determination to very quickly move up and out of

• johnwatson11218 15y ago
  I really hope this changes in the future. I don't think testing gets nearly the respect that it deserves. I have thought about making the move from dev to test but I know that there are very few organizations that give the same level of respect to the test team as they do to the development team.
  • absconditus 15y ago
    Google's test engineers are pretty impressive. I am convinced that they are better developers than the average developer at most companies.
    • bmajz 15y ago
      It's all about the organization valuing one's work. If testers feel their job is important and the organization rewards them commensurate to their impact, I don't see why a good tester would want to leave. There's already so few of them.
• rodent54 15y ago
  I would suggest that rather than move "up" and out of testing they need to move firms. Testing is a VERY different skill set to dev. While good tester have coding skills, and understand concepts like design patterns, most of their knowledge is in failure modes of systems (inc. software), and how to identify/prevent these. Often they have security or performance testing skills on the side. Almost always they have automation skills. If a company does not understand that these skills are as useful as a developer, or BA etc, then I suggest that the tester needs to move firms - from experience there a plenty of firms that do value these skills.