July 29, 2009 - Optimists, Pessimists, and a Terrific Comic Strip

If you've read my article comparing Optimistic Developers to Pessimistic Testers (http://www.sqablogs.com/jstrazzere/1819/Optimistic+Developers%2C+Pessimistic+Testers.html), then you know that the topic interests me.

And you can imagine how pleased I was to stumble across this particular comic strip. *

Urban Jungle by David Wilborn
http://www.urbanjunglecomic.com

The main protagonist of Urban Jungle is a developer named Zack.  According to the website:

Zack is the only human being in an office full of animals. He does software development for a large pharmaceutical company. Single, thirty-something, and hanging on to the last shreds of his optimism. He was raised by wolves.

Good stuff!  You should definitely check it out.

Note that I haven't yet figured out what the QA Tester character is supposed to be:

• an opossum?
• a rat?
• a weasel?

I guess any of them could be appropriate!

I've asked the artist.  I'll post his reply once I get it.

Update:  According to David (the artist) her name is Sharon, and "she's a possum".  Apparently, Sharon is a somewhat pessimistic possum.  I like it!

* My friend "The Director" at http://qahatesyou.com points out that I "stumbled across" this excellent comic strip through his site. I think he's right, but in my defense I look at lots of blogs/sites in the early morning hours.  Sometimes I'm lucky if I can remember if I drank my coffee or not.  Don't hate on a fellow QAer, now!

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