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From: Michael White
Date: 07/23/09 10:27:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [c-prog] QA vs Development
 
  Rajesh wrote:
>From my perception it depends on how much interest you have on the job. If
you have interest then surely you will do an excellent job. As a developer i
prefer to be in development. And hates Quality team who always finds
mistakes on what i did, to justify their work.

Thanks and Regards
Rajesh G

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Part of QA's job is to find mistakes.  Their view is "Zero flaws = good
product."  They also have (or should have) a set of (sometimes written)
guidelines by which they consistently follow that gets code into that final 
good product" state.  Each person should consistently try to improve
themselves and assume they aren't perfect.  No one likes having their
mistakes pointed out to them and programmers are especially LAZY when it
comes to fixing their code.  What I do is take the mistakes that get pointed
out to me, initially balk at the idea I did something wrong, then
immediately switch gears and think maybe I did something wrong, then I
attempt to go fix whatever is wrong (which inevitably breaks two 
more things).  Wash, rinse, repeat.  It is a work in progress to eliminate
the "balking" phase.

In this case, have you tried joyfully fixing the "mistakes" instead of
complaining about it?  Mistakes are inevitable - programmers see the trees,
QA should be viewing the forest.  Plus you have to work with these people. 
And they ARE people after all.  And they are trying to work with you too.

-- 
Thomas Hruska
CubicleSoft President

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I'm in agreement here. I go way out of my way to make sure my code doesn't
have a bug. It might seem a waste of time, but what I do is whenever I write
a new function, is I compile and run to see if I can find any problems. If
it's broken, it usually takes me five to thirty minutes to make sure it's
fixed. if it still gets kicked back from my Testers, then I have a good clue
as to where the problem might be at.

Michael
[Niranjan Says:]
The QA job is very much important since every bug or defect in the software
has a cost associated. If the software bug/defect is caught after delivery
to the client, it costs 3 times the cost if it is caught before delivery.
The cost is not only in terms of fixing the bug, but it also includes the
reputation of the company and trust that client has in your company and
people.
Thanks,
Niranjan.
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