Here’s why this question comes up IMHO

For decades testers have known to be ‘Non technical’

They mostly never wanted to do much with the underlying technology

When automation came along (or when it became more popular) folks thought, well these guys know nothing of programming

So this automation thingy might not be real programming, just doing some record playback

In reality, automation is not just programming,

It IS hard core SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (when done right)

#TechnologicalExcellence

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