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My argument is they decided to cut cost on QA. It's very likely a higher paid QA team would of caught this. A higher paid QA might of told management, hey this
by 999900000999 2y ago
My argument is they decided to cut cost on QA. It's very likely a higher paid QA team would of caught this.
A higher paid QA might of told management, hey this is a very high risk change. If we're going to roll this out let's limit it to reduce the numbers of people affected.
If you on shore your core development, but outsource all of your QA, I'm forced to assume you value QA less.
- ctxc 2y ago"If we're going to roll this out let's limit it to reduce the numbers of people affected." Ime this is something senior developers would themselves do - and not only for changes they deem "high risk", but also by default. I say this because this case a data file was changed. Probably done thousands of times without an issue. QA would have never said "we need a staged rollout for this". Developers and those who set the process should do it.
- 999900000999 2y agoSenior SDETs can and should set the process for deploying software fixes. But many companies don't view SDETs as equal partners in the developing process. Anyway the entire world knows they cut corners here.
- Ekaros 2y agoI am not sure if pay of QA team is truly a factor, but it is extremely likely if you off-shore QA you don't give them the absolute power to override anyone below CEO/CTO...