That's ridiculous.
Are we talking about testing or QA here? QA is prevention, testing is detection. Completely different ball game.
I have to agree, in the UK 35,000 is reasonable for a good QA analyst. I know a lot on much more than that.
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You're still talking about QA as a testing function. This is not the case. They key difference is:
Testing = finding bugs = evaluating the quality, not improving it
QA = finding process problems, not evaluating the product
As for teams being seperate - Independence from development is one of the key things that breeds great testing. Not knowing why/how technical decisions were made generates a questioning attitude and picks up the bad ones.
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That's ridiculous. Are we talking about testing or QA here? QA is prevention, testing is detection. Completely different ball game. I have to agree, in the UK 35,000 is reasonable for a good QA analyst. I know a lot on much more than that.
You're still talking about QA as a testing function. This is not the case. They key difference is:
Testing = finding bugs = evaluating the quality, not improving it
QA = finding process problems, not evaluating the product
As for teams being seperate - Independence from development is one of the key things that breeds great testing. Not knowing why/how technical decisions were made generates a questioning attitude and picks up the bad ones.