Testing is Rocket Science Not Brain Surgery

So here is the article:

‘Testers Are Idiots’
By Edward J. Correia

http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=31789&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

I’ll go on record once again as saying the hiring of anyone other than a software engineer to do software testing is pure and utter folly. If I wanted an over-glorified UAT I would have my SMEs take a few weeks off and devote themselves to being “software testers.” Otherwise, if I’m validating a technical interpretation of high-level requirements I would scour the company for developers who can communicate effectively. The gap between the developer and the business has left a window open for a hybrid type of employee that can bridge that gap. Unfortunately companies have failed to value that skillset appropriately, in turn drawing in folks that can tie their shoes and tell you about it but have no idea of the physics behind the knot. One would argue that we don’t need to understand the quasi-physical process that makes it work, just tie the knot and go right? Can you argue the same point about software?

Once again another over-simplified analogy, is the office worker who takes a detailed tour of a building qualified to inspect the structural engineering behind the building?

I hope your answer is no.