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    +1 For money being the only language management understands. Great quote by the way. It is succint and perfect. Commented Nov 28, 2011 at 20:57
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    Great answer. Just wanted to add that the benefit must exceed the cost. After a certain threshold adding more test environments will cost more than it saves. Commented Nov 28, 2011 at 21:02
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    +1 for the "Don't call yourself a programmer" article Commented Nov 28, 2011 at 21:38
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    Great answer. I'd also add: feel free to catastrophize a bit. As long as you're releasing under-tested code on production data, there's always the possibility of accidentally nuking said data. Money may be the language spoken by all managers, but Liability is at least a popular dialect. Commented Nov 28, 2011 at 21:43
  • There are many right answers to this question, but this one is the best of the bunch. Commented Dec 6, 2011 at 19:40