[FormerLurker]

Especially a wide open job title related question like that where it all depends on how the company is organized.

Anybody involved in software understands the following terms;

Unit Tests
Integration Tests
System Tests

Anyone with a CS degree could tell you that...

[discostu]

And that's why I don't deal with those questions. The way you phrased it I thought you were asking how Information Technologies (the department, you know the network guys), two departments I've never heard of and QA (the department) workd together. Like everybody else who runs around doubting other people full time on FR you deliberately state the question vaguely so any answer I give is wrong. It's the classing "what's one and one", it can be interpretted as 1 + 1 (which is 2) or 1 next to 1 which is 11; either way the person answering is wrong and the person asking get's to pretend they won.

BTW you forgot Regression Test, Alpha Test, Beta Test, User Acceptance Test, Automation Test, Basic Functionality Test, and ST could be Stress Test or even Standards Test, and of course UT could be Usability Test. Then there's Code Review, Installation Testing, Upgrade Testing (oh gee ANOTHER UT). The list goes on and on. And you have proven nothing except your own desperate need to avoid the topic.

[bvw]

What causes such piggedheaded rudeness? Your're obviously smart in some ways -- why so dumb in how you treat others!

You make the case for importing 100% of software people from India -- they are more polite and modest! Your attitude is toxic -- the kind that destroys many projects. Instead of trying to see what the other fellow understands, and how it relates to your understanding you get out there finding any little prideful thing to knock him down with. With gusto and "joy"! It's sick, man! And it makes you and everyone who every taught you, mentored you, worked with you look small and petty for it. Have a care, man!

For all the good stats that show how this law has been abused and how the software talent market is flooded with illegally certified aliens, you have more then made the case that over-the-line abuse of H1B is a good thing, for busting up all the stupidly myopic arrogant and rude attitudes such as you have shown.

I despise "technical" -- vain tech, blabber tech, I call it -- attitudes like you have shown here, and have had too many good projects and jobs ruined due to them -- due to jerk attitudes of the like you have shown.

It's a damnable arrogance -- founded in meaness and ignorance for the sake of vanity. There's no real wisdom in it.

It's really beneath your level. Do stop it and show some respect to others for gosh sakes.