Is the question "do you have testers" obsolete - should it be "do you have tests?"
I'd personally rather work at a place that has tests vs. testers.
I'd personally rather work at a place that has tests vs. testers.
Yes ultimately you need human eyes and on the product. It also helps to have someone with a QA mentality, who has a developed intuition for breaking things and finding edge cases. But rigorous use of automated testing, code review, and dogfooding greatly reduces the need for dedicated QA.