Developers build stuff, Testers break stuff
I've seen some recent posts in the user groups about eliminating the distinction between developers and testers on teams. One word – Hogwash (that’s the polite version). The best developers I've worked with create beautifully engineered and usually bug-resistant code. They do this with passion and will commit every ounce of their soul to the purpose. Now, if they're a bit more enlightened, they'll like the idea of unit testing and build out a [j|n]unit test suite for their component. Often, here the passion dissipates, and testing isn't quite as complete as you'd like it to be. I've yet to truly experience test-first, but I am sure it’s out there somewhere. Now testers are a different beast entirely. They are devious. They will take this piece of artwork, conspire with others, and meticulously commence punish it in every way conceivable. They will do this over and over again with a fervor that it at times frightening. They can't be stopped in their searc...