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Previously on "Technical or Management (or both)? Which are you?"

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    What does a tester do exactly?
    Break stuff and send invoices.

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  • Francko
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    Originally posted by zara_backdog View Post
    Done both in the past.

    Now I'm a BA so do neither

    Sorry for swearing
    Yeah, being a BA is the best option. No hassle from managers, don't need to hassle anybody else, don't even need to do any work in most cases, just have to let techies do the analysis and cut/paste their comments into a nicely formatted document (of course, taking off the personal insults from the remarks).

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  • gingerjedi
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    Originally posted by DiscoStu View Post
    I'm a tester so probably neither!
    What does a tester do exactly?

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  • zara_backdog
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    Done both in the past.

    Now I'm a BA so do neither

    Sorry for swearing

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  • Mich the Tester
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    I only lower myself to management if the money’s good enough.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    I have been a manager but I got bored of people hassling me. You get it twice as bad if you are a technical manager.

    Strictly technical during the day but I am managing 3 people on plan b just now.
    Software Development Director, where does that fit in?

    See you at the pub!

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  • DiscoStu
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    I'm a tester so probably neither!

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  • minestrone
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    I have been a manager but I got bored of people hassling me. You get it twice as bad if you are a technical manager.

    Strictly technical during the day but I am managing 3 people on plan b just now.

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  • Bagpuss
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    I vote None of the above

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  • chris79
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    I've never understood the AndyW joke since I came so I didn't know if it applied or not. Perhaps now would be a good opportunity for someone to explain it and help me out here.

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  • Spacecadet
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    NO AndyW option?

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  • chris79
    started a poll Technical or Management (or both)? Which are you?

    Technical or Management (or both)? Which are you?

    43
    Purely Technical (CCNA, MCSE, Dev, etc)
    32.56%
    14
    Purely Management (PRINCE2, ITIL, etc)
    20.93%
    9
    A bit of both (I manage the stuff and get my hands dirty too)
    46.51%
    20
    So which are you? Just wondering what makes up CUK.

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