Testing = slow? Yeah, that's by design, you dipshit.

Can you tell I'm mad? Here goes:Software testing is always done within constraints, the biggest ones usually being time and budget. Arbitrary deadlines usually put the most pressure on testing, and the allure of taking a shortcut by expediting testing has surely been observed by many of you, my dear readers. This often takes shape in the form of managers breathing down your neck, asking "what's taking so long", "why is testing so slow", "can we save time somewhere?".This, frankly, is dumb. Testing is slower than businesses want, for a reason!Let's go back to the basics: why test? What is the point?Ostensibly, most companies spend money on testing because not doing any of it carries too much risk. Apparently enough risk to warrant the expenditure. But yeah, this expenditure "hurts" because you never know whether it was needed or no. If testing is done and not much trouble was found, in hindsight you could have skipped it. If testing has been done, but problems still happen, then what…