Comments on: Why Tester is Cheaper Than Developer

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:49:38 +0000

Developers don’t like to be testers simply because testing is a boring task. Developers get to do challenging tasks and have to be smart. Not everyone can be developers.

By: Sundeep Singh

Sundeep Singh — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:56:33 +0000

Hi PREMASHALINI..
as with the experience of 3 years in testing I would like to suggest ur friend that having some exp of development along with testing course she must be work in the field of testing becoz her logical skills are some what cleared as by the development(it doesn’t matter what so be the platform is)and she knows testing skills. That means she has so many approaches towards any problem and no doubt testing has a good salary in very short time…..

By: Premashalini

Premashalini — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:31:10 +0000

Why there is no reply ?

By: Premashalini

Premashalini — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:23:53 +0000

Please anyone can reply, my friend need advice from people like you who have more knowledge

By: Premashalini

Premashalini — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:55:42 +0000

Hi, all of you discussed very well,but i want to know can play two different role as developer and as a tester.Actually my friend working as a php developer and she done testing course before getting job as developer.Now in her company, they are willing to hire fresher in testing.Whether company offer more salary for developer who also know testing concepts ? or she have to continue as developer or can move to testing from developing?

By: Durgesh

Durgesh — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:43:22 +0000

If software developers could be testers, software testing market wouldn’t have been estimated in billions.

Software testing is among the most critical activities for organizations that focus on quality. A dedicated testing team and an integrated test management tool are no longer optional for QA teams around the world.

A software tester understands and replicates the behavior or the end user. For a developer to do the same, it will take a lot of “unlearning”, which is almost impossible. These days, experienced software testers are highly valued and in some cases, even more than developers.

Durgesh
QMetry | Total Test Management

By: vipul

vipul — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:42:21 +0000

If the tester is having the knowledge of languages whose applications he is testing,then no one can be as good as him.
Testers always have to do some more work than the developers!

By: Namrata

Namrata — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:45:07 +0000

Hi Shakti,
If developer could be a tester then there would be no need for a tester at all and also all the bugs would be found in unit testing which is done by a developer. There can be only one right way and thousand ways to go wrong. A developer sees only 1 right way whereas a tester should check for those 1000 wrong way

By: Joshna

Joshna — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:38:50 +0000

Hi Shakti,

I don’t agree with your comments. Developer can be a tester. never. perception of developer is always different with the one which tester has.

Developer sees only 1 road for the result but tester will try to search for infinite paths to destination and checks if all the paths are working fine. He acts as real user and tests the application which developer cannot do.

By: Surbhi Shah

Surbhi Shah — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:08:45 +0000

Testers are yet to get their recognition in the industry. For this reason they are still cheaper than developer. Also it depends upon a company’s perception about quality & requirement. If a company focuses on Quality then there is no difference between payscale of testers & developers.