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Well... Microsoft ditched its QA unit a while ago. My employer posts multiple (10+) marketing and sales job openings currently on Linkedin but there is no mon

Well... Microsoft ditched its QA unit a while ago. My employer posts multiple (10+) marketing and sales job openings currently on Linkedin but there is no money for an additional "QA resource". The list goes on, and this is one of the effects.

wkat4242 4y ago
Yes. Over-reliance on automated tests and telemetry (aka testing on the users) is a problem in the industry and Microsoft is big into these. Unit tests are great but mainly look for things you expect and focus on the low having fruit. Not complex interactions between components. Their QA teams used to test on all kinds of hardware but most of it was replaced by automated VM stuff.
- jeffbee 4y ago
  The firmware industry has a variety of problems and "over-reliance on automated tests" is decidedly not among them.