I guess tests are like being on call, supporting outages and the like, while homework more closely mirrors feature development. We also had a number of group as

I guess tests are like being on call, supporting outages and the like, while homework more closely mirrors feature development. We also had a number of group assignments and labs which required on-demand work but were more project based than tests. My main point is that while testing knowledge in small bits is useful for grading, it's less where I got value as a learner.