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10. You do have tests, don’t you?

9.  It’s the right thing to do - tests build up technical debt, too

8. Keeping your tests lean, mean, clean and tidy ensures that writing new tests is easy and pain free

7. It’s a nice break from working on your project/product code

6. Your boss will be impressed as the number of automated tests rises faster

5. All the cool kids are doing it

4. You’ll understand your project/product codebase even better

3. Tests are not usually bound to same “rules” as your codebase, you can experiment – try new stuff

2. It’s fun, interesting and challenging work. Recent comment from peer: “Over the weekend I worked on refactoring our tests in my spare time – and I loved it”

And the #1 reason to refactor your test code is…

1. Men and women will find you sexy and desirable!