I suppose the answer depends on the person and for some not at all. But I will endeavour to give you 12 reasons why I think Testing is “sexy”. 1. The world of testing is governed by process and is incredibly black and white. A test passes or it fails; there is no shade of gray.
2. It is like being part of a big family, where the same individuals are involved and you keep bumping into old friends and faces.
3. You have to keep your wits about you and be prepared to change tack quickly, effectively and efficiently.
4. Testing is the underdog of IT. It is trying to bring to people’s attention to the value that it brings to the software development life-cycle.
5. You have to be able to think around the developer, understand what they are trying to achieve and then look at how you can think around it.
6. You need to be able to look at a project as a project manager, analyst, designer, architect, developer and tester, giving you a well rounded grasp of IT.
7. There are opportunities to specialise in testing, by technology, by testing type or by process, giving endless opportunities to grow and learn.
8. The work is endless, because finding perfect code from perfect projects is nigh on impossible, keeping us all in employment.
9. We create tangible assets and benefits for those employing our services, leaving them in a stronger position.
10. Whilst sometime invisible to the end users, we make a massive contribution to their use of IT, without which life would be harder, more frustrating and the helpdesk would be inundated.
11. We are growing as a discipline become more recognised and with more accreditation available in universities across the world.
12. We get to break stuff on a very regular basis.
2. It is like being part of a big family, where the same individuals are involved and you keep bumping into old friends and faces.
3. You have to keep your wits about you and be prepared to change tack quickly, effectively and efficiently.
4. Testing is the underdog of IT. It is trying to bring to people’s attention to the value that it brings to the software development life-cycle.
5. You have to be able to think around the developer, understand what they are trying to achieve and then look at how you can think around it.
6. You need to be able to look at a project as a project manager, analyst, designer, architect, developer and tester, giving you a well rounded grasp of IT.
7. There are opportunities to specialise in testing, by technology, by testing type or by process, giving endless opportunities to grow and learn.
8. The work is endless, because finding perfect code from perfect projects is nigh on impossible, keeping us all in employment.
9. We create tangible assets and benefits for those employing our services, leaving them in a stronger position.
10. Whilst sometime invisible to the end users, we make a massive contribution to their use of IT, without which life would be harder, more frustrating and the helpdesk would be inundated.
11. We are growing as a discipline become more recognised and with more accreditation available in universities across the world.
12. We get to break stuff on a very regular basis.
I hate the word “Sexy” being used to describe something like a subject, but it seems to be used regularly these days. Do I dream of curvy defects at night? ….No! But I am passionate about Testing. I do believe in the value that it brings and the value I can add as part of a project. More and more people are becoming involved and the testing community is growing. Less people are falling into Testing and are making it a career choice.
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