15/10/2025
Recently, I watched Andy Lau’s new movie "A Gilded Game", and there was one line that really resonated with me:
“Finishing a project is performance. Avoiding risk is performance as well.”
This line makes perfect sense in the software industry—especially for software testing professionals.
Many companies only measure success by whether a product is delivered on time.
But truly mature companies evaluate how well they identify and control risks.
We all know this, yet it’s often overlooked:
A failed deployment can crash the entire system.
A hidden bug can cause a security incident or even a brand crisis.
Even a seemingly “working” feature can waste a company USD$1.5 million per year.
(Yes, I actually found such a bug once. It was fixed.)
For a QA team, finding issues and preventing them is performance.
It might not be as visible as developing a product, but it saves the company from countless disasters and unnecessary costs.
Being able to anticipate and block risks in a complex environment—
that’s the true professional value of software testing.
最近看劉德華的新電影《獵金·遊戲》，裡面一句台詞特別有共鳴：
「完成項目是業績，避免風險也是業績。」
這句話放在軟體產業裡，完全說得通，尤其是軟體測試的角色。
很多企業只看產品上線，就覺得任務完成；但真正成熟的企業，會看整體的風險控制。
其實我們都知道——但很多企業會忽略
一個錯誤的部署，可能讓整個系統掛掉；
一個隱藏漏洞，可能導致資安事故或品牌危機；
即使一個看似運作正常的功能，也可能讓企業一年要多付150萬美金
(是的，我為某公司找到了這個Bug)
對測試團隊來說，找到問題、預防問題發生，其實就是一種績效。
只是它不像開發產品那麼耀眼，但它讓整個團隊少掉了很多災難，少付出許多不必要的成本
能在複雜的環境下穩穩地阻擋風險、預知風險
這是軟體測試的專業價值。
