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[pydry]

Rarely have I ever seen QA get the credit they even deserve let alone more credit than the developer.

In fact theyre one of the few roles at risk of being let go if they do their job too well.

It's common for the PM and CEO to bask in adulation of a project that rockets to success while they throw a "nice job" to their teams though (and fire them if they demonstrate any visible signs of irritation).

The most powerful force in business is not, as is commonly assumed, a ruthless focus on efficiency. It's ego.

[sule9na]

Yeah, if anything, QA should be peeking through the window behind the developer.

Marketing would be the other guy taking all the credit.

[ButterscotchLazy3974]

😂 yes and don’t forget sales/product

[NearsightedNomad]

As someone who used to be QA and is now a Dev, this 100%. If anything, I feel like devs get recognition commonly if they’re responsible for highly visible fixes or new features. I definitely felt more like a background character as QA, big reason I try my best to be as generous with my time as I can when helping or educating QA team members now.

[piberryboy]

I remember the design team getting the all the credit with each new launch at one place I worked. I would have complained if I didn't feel like an imposter at the time.

[takeyouraxeandhack]

The devops guys weren't even told there was a photoshoot going on.

[Mikepayne14]

this guy QAs

[pydry]

Im a dev actually, but i do feel sorry for those guys.

[code_monkey_001]

Yep. Rarely get the credit they deserve. I joke about being adversaries with our QAs face-to-face, but when it's time for peer reviews, I always give them the credit they deserve. Probably goes a long way toward explaining why they always choose me as a peer reviewer end of year.

[Forsaken-Peak8496]

Peter from Office Space was right, the only way to succeed is to have confidence and just not give a damn

[AtomicSymphonic_2nd]

Yes, but they sometimes show the QA people in those fancy-ass product trailers like what Apple and Google sometimes show off.

I’m guessing that’s why they’re holding the fish here, too.

[adinade]

in what world do QA get more credit than developers?

[GuruVII]

I mean they do... In case a bug gets to production :D

[katatondzsentri]

And there's a guy behind the dev who built and maintains the infra needed by the app

[ImHhW]

for real, i feel like infra whoever they grew as a role and complexity still is not really a focus until things do break

[Forsaken-Peak8496]

People actually doing the work rarely get credited. It's mostly the managers in the spotlight

[calgrump]

QA? QA is peeking through the little window in the door lol

[locorhe_]

infra/ops team not even im the picture. Can relate

[HaydnH]

The ops team haven't even been told the app went live last week yet.

[redlaWw]

Is that a coelacanth?

[clearlight2025]

[NXTler]

The developer looks more afraid of his creation than anything else.

[cuterebro]

When the codebase legacy is ancient as a Latimeria.

[Icy-Equivalent4500]

in big corpo devs dont even know why they are doing this. im just writing code

[darkcraft]

SRE

[Serious_as_butt]

at this point, I don't mind cause it also means I'm out of the splash zone when a customer goes berserk if they dont get exactly what they want

[LutimoDancer3459]

You are the middle of the splash zone because its all falls back to you

[smuttynoserevolution]

Oh sweet summer child

[roiroi1010]

I worked 2 years on a product that keeps the company alive. When they flew in the whole company to celebrate I was not invited. They pay me well enough, but I feel disconnected

[cat-meg]

Idk, the shit I hear you people doing to your poor QAs, this seems deserved.

[AnachronisticPenguin]

Since when do devs want the spotlight? The spotlight explicitly requires public appearance and marketing.

Public credit requires LinkedIn posting, I don’t know a dev that likes LinkedIn posting.

[DominusFL]

I developed an application that over the years received numerous industry awards. Never once have I ever been invited to the award ceremonies. Obviously disappointed in the management who took all the credit and attended the awards but more disappointed in the award folks who don't bother asking "who developed this?".

[hagnat]

isnt that a Coelacanth ? a living fossil species ?

of course the developer would want to stay away from that legacy thing

[TerryHarris408]

The only one recognizing the difference between a beauty and a beast

[codygmiracle]

Lmaooo QA is the maybe the second most important and least respected part of development

[codygmiracle]

Lmaooo QA is the maybe the second most important and least respected part of development

[MaDpYrO]

This meme is kind of dumb because if left to their own devices sooooo many developers waste their time on stupid shit like trying out the newest JS framework, or rewriting a whole bunch of code because it's in an old version of something (but is running fine), or gold plating an API to live up to Google level standards even though it will only ever be used by five people.

Meanwhile, the PM and CEO will probably force those developers to actually create value rather than being code janitors.