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The Tester Song

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If I had a theme song, this is what it would be:

With apologies to Monty Python...
[Fade in to a dev banging away on his keyboard muttering about linked lists and hash tables and third-order dependencies. A management type pokes his head in and tells the dev the feature he almost has finished has been revised into something completely different. When the management type leaves, the dev turns back to his monitor, stares at it for a few seconds, then throws up his hands and says...]
Oh for crying out loud. I never wanted to be a dev anyway. What I *really* want is to be a...tester!
I'm a tester and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
(He's a tester and he's okay,
he sleeps all night and he works all day.)
I look for bugs, I log those bugs, I do it all with glee.
And the really good ones, I show off repeatedly.
(He looks for bugs, he logs those bugs, he does it all with glee.
And the really good ones, he shows off repeatedly.)
I'm a tester and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
(He's a tester and he's okay,
he sleeps all night and he works all day.)
I pester PMs, I pester devs, I make them despair and cry.
I know I've done my job, when I hear them wail "Why oh why?"
(He pesters PMs, he pesters devs, he makes them despair and cry.
He knows he's done his job, when he hears them wail "Why oh why?")
I'm a tester and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
(He's a tester and he's okay,
he sleeps all night and he works all day.)
I black box test, I white box test, I write docs and PR too.
I wish I was in marketing, 'cause then I'd rule the roost.
(He black box tests, he white box tests, he writes docs? and PR too??
He wishes he was in marketing??? Where's my Nerf gun? Get him!!!)
[The dev runs out, chased by the backup singers who continue to sing:]
He's a tester and he's okay,
he sleeps all night and he works all day.
He's a tester and he's okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.....
he sleeps all night and he works all day.

Thank my demented mind if you have that running through your head all day....<g/>

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2004
    LOL! a good thing your tester doesn't "dress up" as well to test.. :-)
  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2004
    nice work