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Is becoming a QA engineer still worth in 2024 or upcoming years
Main Post: Is becoming a QA engineer still worth in 2024 or upcoming years
Top Comment: Companies that ditch QA are doomed to deliver shitty crowd strike updates that brick worldwide systems. This is what I don’t get about the industry (even this sub) insisting QA is going away. Even with all of our automation capability, every damn piece of software I interact with is riddled with bugs. Most websites are the same way. Just flaming hot garbage that can’t even load on mobile web. Gotta stop letting arrogant developers insist that they “don’t need QA.” They do. And they still will for the foreseeable future. Or their product will be shit. Guaranteed.
Does QA Engineering have a future?
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I have almost ten years of experience and have exclusively worked in QA. Is this going to screw me later in life if I find myself unemployed again? It took me a while to find my current job after a layoff and I'm wondering if I should learn other stuff just in case? What does everyone think?
Top Comment: QA is becoming a swiss army position. You need to be able to find bugs, write automation, write documentation, and do devops. My plan is to shift to development work in the next year or two.
How to become a QA engineer ?
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I'm a college student currently in my third year information technology and I wish to become a software tester . what are the skillsets required to become a entry level QA engineer jobs ?
Top Comment: There were some great answer OP, but I don’t believe they are the most important one IMHO. I have met QAs which did not knew how code or did not knew anything about tools or process or were terrible with communication. The best QAs i knew were people who knew almost everything of the business. They read a lot about the business, the app, the client, etc. They would catch the worst bugs which were not a problem of code, but a problem in the design/requirements. So my advice to you if you want to start in QA for Software is learn to enjoy reading. Read all those documents that nobody pays attention and always stay curious about what you are testing.
How hard will it be to land a QA engineer job?
Main Post: How hard will it be to land a QA engineer job?
Top Comment: Market is ass right now. QA veterans are getting pucked by automated rejection letter. I dunno about your chance. Good luck though.
Why does nobody want to be a QA engineer?
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I recently discovered that a lot of people view QA or testers as less prestigious job because it requires less programming skill to be a tester/QA. Moreover, there are not many people stay as QA for their whole career. What do you guys think of this opinion?
Top Comment: Pays less because it can be automated by other SWEs (e.g. unit test, integration test, load test, chaos test, so on) Less room for creative outlet (you are working with code designed/written by other people)
QA Engineer at a crossroads. Should I move to product management?
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I've been working as a QA Engineer for the last 5 years. Within the last 3 years, I've been doing a lot of automation testing and building testing frameworks. This is something that I really enjoy doing. However, I've also begun playing more of a role in product development. I provide a lot of input on the design of new features and even conduct customer interviews to gather of requirements in some cases, which is not something that is a requirement of my role.
The CEO and VP of Product had taken notice of my work and had heard from customers about me going above and beyond. They approached me and offered me an opportunity to join the product team as a Product Owner. Their plan is for me to eventually replace a senior product manager who is planning to retire this year. The pay is significantly higher to start, with a lot of growth potential.
This comes at a time when I've been looking for other QA jobs at a new company with a more mature QA process and structure to allow me to continue to develop my skills as a QA Automation Engineer. My current company has limited use of automation testing. I actually designed the first frameworks for mobile and web testing myself... (this year). Through my research, a qualified senior QA Engineer can earn much more than what I'm currently paid, but it still seems that the earning potential is higher on the product management side.
I'm looking for some insight from those who have experience with this transition.
- Do coding skills help as a product owner, or is this something I'll likely never use?
- Do any product owners/managers have experience coding in their roles? This is something I don't want to give up. I put a lot of time and energy into this (nights/weekends) and it feels like a waste for me to just set it aside.
- For anyone who has made this transition, can you share some positives/negatives you have experienced?
I'm inclined to take the position for the pay because I have a young child and another on the way. If I were to continue to pursue other QA opportunities in the industry after having moved into product with my current company, would this seem odd or offputting to prospective employers?
I feel a lot of conflict about this because I do feel like it is a crossroads in my career. I also feel like pay is the primary motivation for me to accept the role, and I've never been in that position before...
I do think I'd be a good product owner, though.
Top Comment: It's really going to depend on what you want in your role. The thing that sticks out to me is saying coding is not something you want to give up. I am not 100% sure, but I'm about 99% sure you will not be afforded any time for coding as a PO. Having coding knowledge and extensive knowledge in the QA space will undoubtedly make you a better PO than non-technical POs, but unless it's an extremely small start up where you have to wear many hats, I cannot see you coding as a PO. Being a PO is going to be A LOT of meetings. If you can handle meetings and little "heads down time to yourself" then PO would be good. If you still want to stay in QA, you sound like you are approaching or have already approached SDET status. If so, you should be able to get a good pay raise at another company (this market is rough now but SDETs are usually in demand). Your ladder might be a little more limited this route, unless you wanted to transition to development.
What other fields can I switch to from QA engineer?
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Finding my work to be stressful lately and I been at my current job for almost a year still feels like so much to learn about the product. I was thinking maybe I should switch into something else that’s less stressful but also good money. I was looking into customer success manager but I don’t have any knowledge about that job or if it’s any better.
Top Comment: Backend dev, frontend dev, devops, project manager, scrum master etc. All of these are achievable with a little further study.
Advice for QA Engineer with 5 years of experience
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Asking the community what advice to level up you would have for the given level of experience mentioned in the title and the following profile:
- Tested web-based applications (eCom, affiliate sites), ERPs, Mobile apps
- Some performance testing using JMeter, K6
- Automated UI & functional tests for the sites using the following tools (ranking in descending order of experience):
- Cypress
- Playwright
- Selenium
Top Comment: My best advice for you: drink more water eat more fiber be kind to animals and the elderly remember, it's just a job
I've been trying to get a QA Engineer job for 8 months already. Any help?
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I have no experience. Trying to start my career. I was interviewed by one company only, but I had someone who passed my resume to that company. Since it is nearly impossible to land any interview through LinkedIn with my weak resume comparing to everyone with an experience. I had 3 interviews with different level management in that company. Last interview was with the CIO and Director of IT. I answered all the questions and they told me that I did really good and know what I am talking about. After that they sent me an assignment. They told me that I did good and I am on a level 6 out of 10. But since they are going to have only one QA, they need someone more experienced. I do not get why then make me go through all these interviews and even ask me to do that assignment. I was honest and told them that I have very little experience from the beginning and mentioned that on all the interviews and they told me that it is not a problem because they are hiring an entry level QA and they will teach me. Very frustrating. Anyways, I'd appreciate any tips or help. Thank you!
Top Comment: QA Lead here. The market is definitely tough right now, no denying. I definitely would not say it's dying though. The companies often would rather get someone with experience simply because they can - there are a lot of people looking for a QA job that were laid off due to budget cuts. My advice is to go through all the QA-related buzzwords and educate yourself enough to actually put it on your CV (Postman, Jmeter, maybe some basic automation skills). It may not matter that much for a QA Lead, but will get you seen by HR or screening tools and give you more probability to land an interview where you can prove your worth.
Hows the market for QA and where to look for jobs
Main Post: Hows the market for QA and where to look for jobs