The
profession of software test is undergoing heavy changes at the moment:
Agile teams erase the border between developers and testers, technology
changes with growing speed and system get more complex with each
release.
A demanding environment with
customers calling for shorter time to market. Some might say that test
is dead but if you look at it the tester is the protector of the brand
(according to Theresa Lanowitz) so it is a profession with a future.
Your
career is always limited by the company or industry you are in. Some
positions might only allow specialization. You will need to specialize
after you have a wide area of knowledge. Don't forget your social
skills. Development and test will move closer to the business units and
you will need to communicate and team work a lot. Don't look at testing
as a technical thing. Also see it from the business view.
Last something on test automation (which is only a part of the puzzle):
If
you stay a manual tester, you won't stay a tester like you are today.
If you go through the sources out there and look at where testing is
going you will find one thing:
Test
automation rates will rise. Not just because of the so called shift left
(continuous delivery, agile, devops,....) but also because we start to
see the shift in the technology created.
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