Thoughts After my ‘Popular’ LinkedIn Post About Fake Automated Testing
Reflections on why it is well received.
Two days ago, I reposted an amusing image (from a tweet) on my LinkedIn, accompanied by my immediate reflections upon encountering it:
“Saw this image on Twitter. We all heard “good programmers write automated tests”. But, for many programmers, how? Test Automation, especially E2E (via UI), and Continuous Testing, are not taught at Unis. So, people lie or fake test automation.
Check out this article, “A Tale of a Deceptive End-to-End Test Automation Engineer”, which contains a story told by renowned Agile expert, Michael Feathers. This image is just a summary of that story.
Moreover, fewer and fewer software companies engage test automation coaches to provide test automation training to their employees, Sigh!
Check out this free article, A Story: “Promised E2E Test Automation Training” Never Came.
Surprisingly, there were 80K+ impressions and 300+ positive reactions (i.e. Likes) within just two days.
I limited commenting within my existing connections. Otherwise, this…
