Just as there is no spoon, there is no development and testing!

I've been a developer for a long-ish time now, well over a decade at least, and something has always surprised me a little and I've just accepted it as the way it should be, but no more!

The thing that's surprised me so much is that there are two departments development and testing.  In one department programs are written and automated tests are written to test them every time a build is run, in the other department programs are used and then tests are written to check the things that have been found will automatically be picked up the next time a build is run.

Now correct me if I am wrong but isn't there a massive intersect in these primary functions?

With cross-over like this comes great oppurtunity to collaboarate, share and generally inject a bit more enthusiasm and dare I say it competition because we all want to be the best that we can be :)

Don't take my word for it 

I just read a blog and in there it states

"...your responsibility as the God of Programming is also to be the God of Testing..."

The blog does state this is how good developers deal with bad code, so does it mean that those developers that don't also try to be good testers aren't good?  Interesting thought in a world where so many people assume anyone in testing is looking for a way to become a developer!