Why I Switched my day work from Programming to Automated Testing Part 3: Too Productive to Continue working as a Programmer
When becoming much better in programming, it will be hard to code the old way.
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I remembered this scene from the Oscar-winning movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. The main character (a young lady) had a martial arts master, but she was self-taught from the book secretly. One day, she found out that she had become better than her master. Her first feeling was “fear”. I understand that, as I had a similar feeling when I found myself much more productive than my colleagues. The reason: I have been practising automated testing diligently for a few months.
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