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by DiskoHexyl 159 days ago
All the great QAs with whom I've worked would have made good developers (and they actually WERE good developers, only with a QA name and salary).

The problem is that a great QA earns less than a mediocre developer within the same company. And has a much lower status. And also fewer career opportunities elsewhere.

No wonder most of those guys switched at one point or another