Post #1295637
2026-04-15 06:36 UTC
@thirstybear @samir @mrksdck
Yes, I see that in almost all organisations.
The whole "SDETs" is an antipattern 🙈 😬
There's nothing wrong with Test Engineers writing automated tests, even writing code if all that is part of implementing a solution.
There is a problem if we have a role that writes tests afterwards ...
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@samir@mastodon.functional.computer 2026-04-15 07:39
@tdpauw @thirstybear @mrksdck IIRC this is just another corruption of a useful role/term (just like “Agile”, “DevOps”, etc.). SDETs were never supposed to write tests! They were supposed to maintain test infrastructure, provide guidance and examples, and make it easy for other engineers to write good tests.