The testers on my team save me so much time. My code runs on six platforms. Every time I switch platforms it takes a lot of time and energy to switch physical and mental contexts. I have no hope of thoroughly testing all the platforms for each little change I make. So I usually just compile the code on two or three platforms, test on one, and check it in. The incremental build servers will tell me if I broke the build within a few minutes, and the testers will tell me if I made some platform-specific breakage the next day.
Furthermore, for each bug, the tester has narrowed it to specific repro steps, including what DOESN'T work, and usually has a screenshot of the problem and what's expected. Usually by reading the report, I immediately have a good idea of what's broken and that saves me tons of time too (as opposed to a vague "the xyz component is broken, fix plz" which I have seen in lots of shops where non-testers write bug reports).
The testers on my team save me so much time. My code runs on six platforms. Every time I switch platforms it takes a lot of time and energy to switch physical and mental contexts. I have no hope of thoroughly testing all the platforms for each little change I make. So I usually just compile the code on two or three platforms, test on one, and check it in. The incremental build servers will tell me if I broke the build within a few minutes, and the testers will tell me if I made some platform-specific breakage the next day.
Furthermore, for each bug, the tester has narrowed it to specific repro steps, including what DOESN'T work, and usually has a screenshot of the problem and what's expected. Usually by reading the report, I immediately have a good idea of what's broken and that saves me tons of time too (as opposed to a vague "the xyz component is broken, fix plz" which I have seen in lots of shops where non-testers write bug reports).
I love our testers.