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0 pointstaligent13y ago0 comments

The problem is that that right now in the software industry:

TDD, Agile, Scrum, XP etc are a religion.

And a lot of people have managed to make their lives easier by making the teachings of this religion mandatory. So what I've been witnessing the last few years is that saying "no I don't think we need a test for this" is a position that will get you no where. So instead every one just puts up with longer and longer build times and spending more time each day fixing broken tests.

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anthonyb13y ago

That's an overly cynical take - I've seen both TDD, Agile and Scrum work really well. In any case, refactoring is part of the religion too, so it shouldn't be too hard a sell for you.

And it'll fix build times and broken tests! :)

pjmlp13y ago

Come work to the enterprise world where no one cares about whatever the cool kids are proposing.

If the customer does not request for unit tests on the contract, usually no program manager is enforcing people to waste time writing them.

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