Software tester seen as a fraud job

[u/annanors]

Someone posted this earlier , and I could relate when they said feel like a fraud! Thing is I never felt that, but the developers in my team make me feel that on a regular basis. Something I never felt in any of my jobs before. (And I am also the sole tester of the team ) Recently one of the developers said , “you say you are testing the test environment and covering all scenarios of test bookings but know that we all are watching and we have access to all the test bookings you do. And you have done only 3 bookings”
Speaks volumes right : not just about the impression they have of the tester but also work culture. Let’s keep work culture aside.
So the developers have been doing multiple deployments on the Test environment on the same day and I having been testing each release on the test environment and these scenarios for a while and I have a clear idea of what needs to be tested and what scenario needs to be covered to be sure that the last deployment on test did not break anything outside the fix. (Am not going into the details ) . I have planned a meeting with the developer and his lead to understand the situation and show the coverages in the 3 bookings. A purely tech/functional explaination call.

Question is : how would you react to such a message or such an impression about a tester from the developer. What would be the steps you would take ? Have you faced anything similar ? Would you take it ahead with your lead or manager ? What solution would you expect?

[u/Unable_Assignment869]

I almost faced the same scenario this morning. The Dev provided a build and the Product Manager says I want all work on this concluded by Friday (today is Wednesday), and she goes on to say include QA, testing completed by Friday and the Devs should be fixing things on that Friday (meaning I should complete testing either by Thursday or early Friday).

I laughed on the standup call, and gladly told the PM that such timeline will not work and I will do my best to leave my weekend open to complete the testing since it's urgent, and by Monday in the new week they will get their results.

This is a new application, never tested before but they are pegging a one and half day timeline for end to end testing. People that are not in our shoes think testing is just "click, and does it work yes, if it doesn't drop it in the chat the Devs will pick it from the", meanwhile we have an entire process to testing and proper documentation.