For years, those of us who view testing as skilled knowledge work were told there’s no such thing as a “testing mindset.” We’ve also endured criticism that independent testing is just self-interested consultants preserving a business model.
Their argument was simple: developers can learn testing skills. Creation and critical evaluation don’t require fundamentally different mindsets. Anything other than that was a “myth” designed to create silos and stop knowledge from being distributed across teams and in fact, dedicated testing specialists might not be necessary at all.
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