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Who earns more a tester or a devloper. ?

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  • G GauranG Shah

    Hi, i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

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    Christian Graus
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    Wow - you have to ask ?

    Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

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    • G GauranG Shah

      Hi, i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

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      Pawel Krakowiak
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      Generally speaking, a developer earns more. But you would have to assume everyone in the world was working in the same company. ;) A tester at company A may earn more than a developer at company B. But since the question is generic - the generic answer is developer. GauranG: Who earns more, a tester or a developer? Steve B: Developers, developers, developers!

      Kind regards, Pawel Krakowiak Miraculum Software[^]

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      • P Pawel Krakowiak

        Generally speaking, a developer earns more. But you would have to assume everyone in the world was working in the same company. ;) A tester at company A may earn more than a developer at company B. But since the question is generic - the generic answer is developer. GauranG: Who earns more, a tester or a developer? Steve B: Developers, developers, developers!

        Kind regards, Pawel Krakowiak Miraculum Software[^]

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        Russell Jones
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        Pawel Krakowiak wrote:

        GauranG: Who earns more, a tester or a developer? Steve B: Developers, developers, developers!

        Can we have a monkey dance icon for that, please?

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        • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

          meh, same difference. Today, I'm not a happy camper. I feel sorry for whomever I get to flame. :rubbing hands with glee smiley:

          "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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          Duncan Edwards Jones
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          The mortality rate is 1.0 for both categories.

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          • G GauranG Shah

            Hi, i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

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            Duncan Edwards Jones
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            UAT testers (users) tend to earn more than developers and have a better work-life balance to boot. That is why we don't like them...

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              UAT testers (users) tend to earn more than developers and have a better work-life balance to boot. That is why we don't like them...

              '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd

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              ChandraRam
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              Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:

              UAT testers (users) tend to earn more than developers and have a better work-life balance to boot. That is why we don't like them...

              Come on, 'fess up... that's not really why you hate UAT testers ;)

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              • G GauranG Shah

                Hi, i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

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                Antony M Kancidrowski
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                It depends on which one is in employment!

                Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
                I'm coloured, yet clear.
                I'm fruity and sweet.
                I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return!
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                • D Duncan Edwards Jones

                  The mortality rate is 1.0 for both categories.

                  '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd

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                  Pete OHanlon
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                  Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:

                  The mortality rate is 1.0 for both categories.

                  Not true. Frequently, managers are heard screaming "Don't go into the light" when it gets close to deadlines. Those paddles that are used by paramedics are always at hand, ready for the astute manager to revive the poor coder who dared to die on his watch.

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                  • G GauranG Shah

                    Hi, i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

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                    realJSOP
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                    They have testers in India?

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      They have testers in India?

                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      Pete OHanlon
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                      Sure they do. They test my patience pretty much every day.

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                      • P Pawel Krakowiak

                        Generally speaking, a developer earns more. But you would have to assume everyone in the world was working in the same company. ;) A tester at company A may earn more than a developer at company B. But since the question is generic - the generic answer is developer. GauranG: Who earns more, a tester or a developer? Steve B: Developers, developers, developers!

                        Kind regards, Pawel Krakowiak Miraculum Software[^]

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                        Microsoft have virtually removed the Software Test Engineer role, replacing almost completely with Software Development Engineer in Test (SDE/T). The difference is that the tester (STE) would generally perform tests by hand and observe the results directly, while the SDE/T develops automated tests and automated reading of the logs. The SDE/T will take longer to produce tests but ultimately more tests can be run on every new build; however, the automated tests can only observe the problems they are programmed to observe, they cannot spot some other fault that has occurred. I think this change of emphasis has led to generally lower software quality coming out of MS.


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                        • P Pete OHanlon

                          Sure they do. They test my patience pretty much every day.

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                          Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                          Pete O`Hanlon wrote:

                          They test my patience pretty much every day.

                          And the extent of our sarcasm, wit, scorn, humor and linguistics

                          "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance." Ali ibn Abi Talib "Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?"

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                          • G GauranG Shah

                            Hi, i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

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                            PIEBALDconsult
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                            Testers earn more. At least they earn more than they're worth, whereas developers earn less than they're worth. :-D

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                            • G GauranG Shah

                              Hi, i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

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                              El Corazon
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                              GauranG33 wrote:

                              i don't want to compare a tester and a devloper. I just want the simple reviews to the simple question. That all.

                              When I hear such requests, I am often answer with another question (okay I do that a lot anyhow, but bear with me). Why does it really matter? Why do you want to know? My brother asked such questions when he was choosing a career, because he wanted a career that made him the most money. Life to him was a balance of getting the most out of your career choice with the least put in. Okay a doctor or a lawyer made more money, but they had to have the most education. So he turned a career choice into a mathematical formula for evaluation. education/time in, and money out. Through careful examination of the level of effort vs. pay he determined quite scientifically that mechanical engineering was the highest paid profession for the least amount of schooling (given you can earn reasonably significant sums with only a BS). But to answer your question... it isn't as easy as that. I have done testing, for free and received in exchange hardware and software tested without paying a dime. In that way I was able to use some products that I could never have afforded to buy when I started out as a programmer. On a global average, the pay for a tester is on the low end, but a good quality tester can earn significant sums in barter as well as income. Playing your cards right, and being good, can lead you to make more money than a low-end developer. Area affects all income for jobs, and sometimes reverses income differences. What is lacking always pays more, what is too abundant always pays less.

                              _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                              • P Pete OHanlon

                                Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:

                                The mortality rate is 1.0 for both categories.

                                Not true. Frequently, managers are heard screaming "Don't go into the light" when it gets close to deadlines. Those paddles that are used by paramedics are always at hand, ready for the astute manager to revive the poor coder who dared to die on his watch.

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                                El Corazon
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                                Pete O`Hanlon wrote:

                                Frequently, managers are heard screaming "Don't go into the light" when it gets close to deadlines.

                                I assumed they were yelling at the top of their lungs, "I am your manager, and I am waiting for you in the light." knowing full well their employees would flee heaven to avoid them by any cost. :-D

                                _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                                  They have testers in India?

                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                                  -----
                                  "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                                  El Corazon
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                                  John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                  They have testers in India?

                                  he never said software testers.... curry testers! mmmmmmm!

                                  _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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