Be aware of the “fake it until you make it” mindset in Test Automation and CI/CD

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This article is one of the “Be aware of Fake Test Automation/DevOps Engineers” series.

The first big news in the tech world this year is that “Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos is found guilty on four out of 11 federal charges”. This so-called “female Steve Jobs” will probably spend her next 20 years in prison. According to the New York Times’ report on this, faking is common in Silicon Valley.

“In Silicon Valley’s world of make-believe, the philosophy of “fake it until you make it” finally gets its comeuppance.” — New York Times (2022–01–03)

In doubt? Here is a line from my favourite TV show “Silicon Valley” (Season 4, Episode 9):

Hooli CEO’s candid words, he was on the stage preparing his presentation, in which he would show the 90-second demo.

Faking Test Automation (UI) and CI/CD are everywhere

With that perspective (faking at top executives), it is reasonable to assume some degrees of faking at lower levels (IT project or individual) as well. Readers probably will agree more with my previous comment “E2E test automation in most software…