Software Development can be a lonely business.  There is the developer sat at his/her desk churning out code day after day with only the compiler to talk to.  The only light relief that a developer has is when the tester finds a bug and needs to talk about it.  The joy of interaction with something that doesn’t just say “Syntax Error” is something to behold.  Watch the developer’s face light up at the chance of human interaction, at the opportunity to exercise vocal chords rusty through lack of use, a conversation!

As testers we should support these poor, lonely creatures.  Please give as much time as you can to this worthy cause.