Category: Project Management

A lot of people have an opinion that a software development engineer in the test is a more difficult, more responsible, more skilled position than that of an automation QA engineer who is actually just a ‘tester’. It’s because the SDET is almost a software developer: he deeply knows programming languages, design patterns, algorithms. He can create a high-quality, maintainable, and performant code. He creates tools for automated testing, writes his own frameworks – such kind of work is more complicated and, therefore, should be better-paying. That’s why many automation test engineers like to name themselves an SDET, alluding to …

Outsourcing work overseas is common practice to save money. Sometimes, you get the most out of your work by sending work to low-cost resources. You can utilize saved money to put into various initiatives like infrastructure, hiring skilled reviewers for code review, etc. Sometimes sending work overseas can be disastrous for your company too and you can end up either incomplete project or wasting all money with no result. You may have placed all the checks at every level to make sure that the project complete successfully, but later you will start noticing some unforeseen events, those you never expected, …