title: What do testers do?
body: <p>I work in a company where the developers QA the work of the other developers checking things such as adhering to coding standards through to whether it works or not.</p>
  
  <p>Now this seems to work extremely well for us but I can't help feeling we are wasting development time on something a dedicated tester or testers could do.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is I've always worked for this company so I have never worked with testers so don't know what function they have within a development team other than the mile high view of "they do testing".</p>
  
  <p>We also tend to hire graduate level people so someone would have to guide them through all their tasks for a time.</p>
  
  <p>In summary, what do testers do within your company and how do they fit into your development and release processes? </p>