Survey Says…Software Testers ROCK

I recently came across this article, Personality Traits in Software Engineering, which conducted a research survey assessing the major personality traits of software testers and developers. Turns out — and I’m not at all surprised having met so many testers in our community — software testers rock! Here’s how the scores break down:

Tester Scores
Neuroticism: Low
Extraversion: Medium
Conscientiousness: Medium
Openness To Experience: High
Cognitive Capability: High
Agreeableness: High

According to Anne-Marie Charrett in her blog, Maverick Tester, “On average we [testers] are an agreeable bunch of people, open to experience (see below) with a high cognitive capability. A hearty clap on the back fellow testers, we all knew we were pretty special.”

I couldn’t agree more! So, yes, this is simply a feel-good blog for all those testers out there with a case of the Mondays. Give yourselves a hand. And Happy Monday!

2 Responses to “Survey Says…Software Testers ROCK”

  1. Marius said:

    so we are appreciated in the end :)

  2. Jennifer Moebius said:

    Absolutely!

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