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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. -
Originally posted by Zigenare View PostI'd gladly pay a good tester more than a good developer.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostI'm a coder. My best paid gig was testing.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostI'd gladly pay a good tester more than a good developer.Leave a comment:
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Testers are just running scripts written by someone else.Leave a comment:
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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....Leave a comment:
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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.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by Lance View PostTHIS
Developers get paid more than testers.
(Even if true, I'm not sure how this would support the statement that a tester is not a very good developer)Leave a comment:
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