@samir@mastodon.functional.computer
Post #1295638
2026-04-15 07:39 UTC
@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.
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@thirstybear@agilodon.social 2026-04-15 08:03
@samir @tdpauw @mrksdck “That looks like what we were doing before, ergo it is what we were doing before” 🤦♂️ Where I am we are fighting a rearguard action to stop the reappearance of a “Testing Department”. Not sure if we will succeed. #waterfall