last blog post<\/strong><\/a>, we found that developers are best used to focus on development, not on testing. That\u2019s inefficient.<\/p>\nTesters are still cheaper than programmers. A lot cheaper. And if you don\u2019t hire testers, you\u2019re going to be locked in a long testing cycle with your developer.<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t it just a good decision to have an efficient professional tester test your project, rather than an expensive developer?<\/p>\n
The Problem With Our Industry<\/h2>\n
The problem in our industry is this: the more time you spend testing everything, the smaller your eventual returns are going to be.<\/p>\n
You and I both know that while you spend all that time testing, you could be doing something much more important. Testing isn\u2019t really that rewarding…and the time you spend doing it is distracting you from work that might offer a better ROI.<\/p>\n
If you could be 100% certain that you would catch everything by looking it over yourself, and you were confident that you could be completely thorough, then maybe doing it yourself would be the best option.<\/p>\n
But the fact is, as work piles up and the hours get longer, you\u2019ll lose the ability to catch every error. The more work comes your way, the more you have to deal with it in a quick and efficient manner — and by doing this, you risk slowing down the entire process.<\/p>\n
But that isn\u2019t your fault. You and I aren\u2019t superhuman… we have certain limitations (no matter how hard we might try to be a \u201csuperboss\u201d). After all, that\u2019s one of the reasons we outsource work in the first place. It\u2019s a cost-efficient and reasonable way to get more done for less.<\/p>\n
Now \u2014 you\u2019re an adult, so even I, with my 15+ years in the industry, can\u2019t tell you how run your business.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s completely up to you.<\/p>\n
But if a client was to pay me for a consultation, and ask me where they were going wrong, and told me they weren\u2019t getting professional testing done\u2026<\/p>\n
I\u2019d start there.<\/p>\n
\u201cHire a professional,\u201d I\u2019d say.<\/p>\n
It will be the single most rewarding, time-freeing, and profitable change you can make. It really isn\u2019t that expensive \u2014 if you can pay for development, you can pay for testing.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Mukul, I thought the developer should be testing?? That\u2019s what I\u2019m paying for!\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, yes. And the developer is testing. But\u2026<\/p>\n
\n- The developer doesn\u2019t know your product as well as you.<\/li>\n
- The developer can\u2019t catch everything, (remember, they\u2019re working in a \u201cmake it work\u201d mindset, whereas good testers work in a \u201cbreak it\u201d mindset)<\/li>\n
- The developer won\u2019t be able to test the whole thing all at once.<\/li>\n
- Fixes they make to one part might break another part.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And you won\u2019t know any of this if you don\u2019t test after development.<\/p>\n
And if you\u2019re doing all the testing yourself…<\/p>\n
You struggle through the long nights and endless testing cycles.<\/p>\n
You deal with the stress, the uncertainty, and the fear…masquerading as perfectionism.<\/p>\n
Break the Cycle<\/h2>\n
Again, you don\u2019t have to do anything I tell you. You\u2019re your own person.<\/p>\n
But if you were paying me for my advice, I would say get a professional tester. Say goodbye to all the stress and uncertainty and sleepless nights, and enjoy higher ROI.<\/p>\n
Think about it this way:<\/p>\n
If you offshore your testing, the time difference works in your favor.<\/p>\n
Instead of staying up till 4 am testing, you can go to bed at a normal time. Your tester will be working for you.<\/p>\n
When you wake up, you\u2019ll have your deliverable finished and returned to you \u2014 before you\u2019ve even had your morning cup of coffee.<\/p>\n
You could have it launched and making you money. Whereas, if you didn\u2019t use professional testers, you\u2019d still be stuck in the cycle.<\/p>\n
Imagine what that could do for you.<\/p>\n
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