Re: Dealing with the QA guy...

[Ultra]

he well shout it out: "Hey, it is not working!" Instead of IMing me about it,

Maybe it's time to talk with your boss about your procedures. The QA guys isn't supposed to IM you the problems he found, nor to yell at you, nor to tell his friends how bad the code you wrote is.

He is supposed to use a defect tracking system to report problems. You don't have one in place? Forget about the jerk, try to convince your boss that it is a must. (maybe Bugzilla?) ;-)

[aufflick]

What that guy said! As much as they can suck sometimes, clear processes about how you interface with other people/teams like QA save you from a world of hurt. Sometimes it's an IT system (like a defect management system), sometimes it's an agreed way of exchanging emails, sometimes it might just be agreeing who does what.

Process is your friend, as long as the process is not so rigid that it gets in the way or clouds your creative thinking.