Software Testing Career

[Oxymoron]

Originally Posted by swati1986

one thing more i wanted to ask . people have been constantly telling me that there is no growth in testing feild how true is that?

I dont think that can be said categoratively as Testing is an integral part of any software company and inspite of the availability of many automation tools ( which are very sophisticated btw. It's fascinating to read about how the tools work and the underlying algorithms which are used to build the product. ) I think you will still need manual intervention. But it is horses for courses of course. Some tasks will be challenging some might not. Anyway it would be better if you actually heard from the horse's mouth so have asked a friend who is a Testing lead in my present company to give her views on this. So till she gets back lets see if anyone else in this forum has any further to add.

[swati1986]

Originally Posted by Oxymoron

I dont think that can be said categoratively as Testing is an integral part of any software company and inspite of the availability of many automation tools ( which are very sophisticated btw. It's fascinating to read about how the tools work and the underlying algorithms which are used to build the product. ) I think you will still need manual intervention. But it is horses for courses of course. Some tasks will be challenging some might not. Anyway it would be better if you actually heard from the horse's mouth so have asked a friend who is a Testing lead in my present company to give her views on this. So till she gets back lets see if anyone else in this forum has any further to add.

thanks for the help Girish. looking forward to the post.

[swati1986]

Originally Posted by Oxymoron

I dont think that can be said categoratively as Testing is an integral part of any software company and inspite of the availability of many automation tools ( which are very sophisticated btw. It's fascinating to read about how the tools work and the underlying algorithms which are used to build the product. ) I think you will still need manual intervention. But it is horses for courses of course. Some tasks will be challenging some might not. Anyway it would be better if you actually heard from the horse's mouth so have asked a friend who is a Testing lead in my present company to give her views on this. So till she gets back lets see if anyone else in this forum has any further to add.

waitin............

[rohit_s_r]

Originally Posted by swati1986

waitin............

i would suggest dont go for testing.

1) its a monotonous job and u would get bored.

2) minimal onsite opportunities.

3) low pay compared to developers few yrs down the line.

4) its a feild looked down upon.

5) low growth prospects.

[Oxymoron]

[quote-"swati1986"] waitin............[/quote]

Hi Swati..am afraid my friend has had a personal tragedy and hence will take some more time to respond...will see if there is someone else who can give a balanced view on this...

[ideacrash]

Originally Posted by richa_86

are there ONSITE OPPORTUNITIES In Testing??

it purely depends on the project , i know people from testing who are working in CANADA,AUSTRALIA from an INDIAN MNC .

[ideacrash]

Originally Posted by terminatoralive

hello all even i share the same view that development is not my cup of tea.i was in CAD cam for past two years and visited to europe on a project also.but npow am disliking the work .so planning to switch to testing where there is not much tension.please tell me or help me out if i am taking a correct decision.seniors please do the needful

did u work in Germany ( client AIRBUS ) ...

Sorry if i am wrong

[seshadri.r]

Originally Posted by swati1986

one thing more i wanted to ask . people have been constantly telling me that there is no growth in testing feild how true is that?

hi,

My few cents on Testing:

Pros:
1.You'd have birds view of product/application rather than
individual modules.

2.You can play around as you like

cons:

1. You may feel bored if ur testing same application for
more duration.

2. you feel depressed bcoz ur frenz r in development.


But testing would be very interesting if u test a product rather than
simple applications, in general functionality testing is better than
"Text Box" Validation and very important thing is the domain expertise u get.

Hope this helps.

[ideacrash]

as anybody done the ISTQB certification. How useful is it ?

[gargkrohit]

Originally Posted by ideacrash

as anybody done the ISTQB certification. How useful is it ?

Hi Ideacrash

Well I am ISTQB Foundation level Certified, and would like to mention the advantages of the same :

1. Market Value of this certification is high, if u clear it, it is assumed that you have got ur basics of software testing cleared.

2. Very helpful ini large Process oriented companies..

3. finally it helps in doing quality testing !

thnx!