Is QA role dying?

Manual testing is simply underappreciated today, and any self-respecting QA Engineer is forcefully being morphed into performing what many fail to realize is truly a software engineering effort of itself. At a high level, software QA as a guiding process is dying, though testing will always be needed.

Is QA really necessary?

QA-based testing is important, whether implemented as a support role for development teams or as an independent entity. It’s possible, though, that you only need a small team of testers, or a single tester per team.

What makes manual testing so important and hard to replace?

What makes manual testing so important and hard to be replaced by machine is that it’s the manual tester can discover problems or potential problems in the system by exploring, exercising the system and asking the good questions. Here’s the path of non-technical path:

Is it time to upgrade from manual testing to automation testing?

If you are into manual testing for more than 6 years, its high time to upgrade yourself. Many are going for Automation and ETL or Data Warehouse (DWH) testing. Both are good options and in demand and have a scope.

What are the job opportunities for a performance tester?

Always there is demand for good performance testers who can analyze the performance test results, identify the bottlenecks and suggest tuning techniques. Following are some of the key areas where one need to specialize to move ahead in a career path in testing apart from good knowledge in the Software Lifecycle Testing Process.

What are the different options available to a software tester?

The following diagram depicts the various options available to a Software Tester. Of late, testing is looked after as a good professional career for many of the aspiring youths. As mentioned above, from being a test engineer one can move to senior test engineer, test lead to test manager; else can become QA lead, QA Manager.