lol NepaliBudho, that is plain disrespectful for the OP, but I like the way he/she handled it. just FYI, if you work in the domain where quality is key, QA do write codes. They develop plugins ( like sonar plugins , which is entirely java) for code analysis, build scripts ( which can be intense scripting like maven and ant ), integration with automate building and testing like Jazz's build, test data generation from tools like OPTIM where you need all the details of database ( less than dba, but definitley more than developer), writing test scripts like for selenium , automated integration test script which is most likely done in the language application is developed. FYI, I am not QA or Tester. A good developer makes the good tester, if you did not know about it. so For a valuable QA, simple coding is mandatory ( though not like dedicated developer).