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Life experience spans beyond the criteria of just pay or the greatness of a developer or a tester. Everybody's situation is different and such is my case. I think my question was fairly objective and self sufficient. I believe it has been answered very well by people mature enough to accommodate that thought.
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Testers are just running scripts written by someone else.
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Originally posted by Lance View PostIn my experience, yes.
Test managers are a different matter. Testers are just running scripts written by someone else.
Running scripts isn't testing, and the testers I know that get paid as much as or more than devs tend to be test professionals rather than bums on seats - developing their own test tools and frameworks, attending and speaking at conferences and meetups, etc.
Perhaps I phrased it incorrectly; developers don't always get paid more than testers....
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Originally posted by meridian View PostDo they? ;-)
(Even if true, I'm not sure how this would support the statement that a tester is not a very good developer)
Test managers are a different matter. Testers are just running scripts written by someone else.
Why would a good dev take a pay cut to become a tester?
That all being said... I've met some very poorly paid (and poorly performing) test managers. they are just testers with enough experience to be promoted beyond their level of competence.
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If you are considering a contract as a tester then you are not a very good developer.
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Can you spot the difference between your situation and the OP's?
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OK, it wasn't clear on first reading whether or not you had any testing expereince.
Anyway, to answer the original question properly, you won't know unless you try: the joys of contracting. But your biggest hurdle is the agency, not the client.
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostI had various alternating roles in testing and development, did not seem to be a problem.
My last contract before I retired was an interesting one doing satellite imaging in VC++, after two boring contracts testing planes and phones.
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