ha. I guess there's more than 1 perspective here. I'm a test engineer. I 
think it's common for testers to feel that finding a defect validates their 
existence (makes them happy). and at a minimum, I think developers are 
relieved by defects being fixed (even if we assume they hate doing it).

On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 2:05:33 PM UTC-7, Derek M Jones wrote:
>
> Neil, 
>
> > or put another way... if software developers (problem solvers) actually 
> > enjoy finding/fixing defects (solving problems), is the personal joy 
> they 
> > feel great enough 
>
> You have obviously never worked in software development. 
>
> Developers hate fixing defects. 
>
> Developers enjoy writing new code, not fixing other people (or their 
> own mistakes). 
>
> Do you enjoy fixing other people's mistakes? 
>
> -- 
> Derek M. Jones           Software analysis 
> tel: +44 (0)1252 520667  blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com 
>

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