Choosing Software Testing as a Career
Nowadays I get too many questions about Software Testing. Most of them are:
- How can I know, I’m eligible for this Software Testing job?
- Should I select Software Testing as my career?
- How can I start my career as a QA?
- Which institute should I join for a testing course?
- How to switch to Software Testing from other job experience?
Let’s discuss this before choosing Software Testing as a Career.
No one can guide you in choosing your career more than you! It’s right. You are the only person to decide on your career.
First, you need to do a quick self-assessment to figure out where you can fit well. Do a study of your:
- Skills,
- Interests,
- Strengths,
- Weaknesses, etc.
Ask some questions to yourself as given below:
- What is your goal in life?
- What type of skill is required in a Software Testing career?
- What will increase your satisfaction and skills?
- What is your interest?
- Which skills have you developed in your life till now?
- Which training did you undertake to apply to the future job?
By finding these answers, you will automatically decide what should you do.
Now let’s move to What makes a Good Tester.
Choosing Software Testing as a Career
I mentioned a few skills which are required in a Software Testing career.
Positive Attitude
Great testers keep a positive attitude. They care and understand the power of positivity. A positive attitude is a key to success in any field and Software Testing is not an exception.
Great testers are:
- Always ready to put in extra efforts
- Help make the product quality better
- Support meeting
- Always ready to take on challenges
Good Communication
A great tester has excellent communication skills and uses them to ask questions, present their opinions, and discuss critical scenarios/impacts thoroughly. It helps to overcome critical problems easily. You can understand problems easily, document better, and convince effectively.
Multi-Tasking Abilities
Multi-tasking abilities are the demand of today’s era. A great tester must juggle multiple activities, such as:
- Generate and execute test ideas
- Design test cases
- Write effective bug reports
- Work on multiple projects and provide updates.
Not only that, but you should also prioritize and schedule your activities accordingly.
Quick Learner
Quick learning can be developed with patience, planning, and practice. One can be capable of understanding new information at a rapid pace.
Passion for Testing
You have to love your job. If you love your job, then you will never be bored. You will never ignore the case. Most importantly, you will not look at testing as a thankless job.
Think and Act as an End-user
Quality means end-user satisfaction. This nature can be developed day by day. With continuous study, observation, and comparison, the end user’s perspective can be cultivated.
Document Skill
A good Tester should have document skills. This is very important in the development sector. Every learning and every research can be documented. So that one can easily track and get the benefit. Continuous study and research will help to grow this skill.
Team Management
Team management is an important skill within the workplace. Especially when team building is implemented. It makes it easier to solve problems. Stay positive. Don’t play the blame game. Be humble.
Ability to Adapt
Every bug follows a pattern and a good tester is always good at observing that pattern. A good tester should have this skill to grow.
Good at Meeting Deadlines
Good testers have the quality to be good at meeting deadlines. Organizational skills help to meet deadlines. Stay focused on what’s important about the work for you.
With these skills & qualifications, I believe anyone can be a great asset to any organization. If you are willing to choose software testing as your career, then this is a must-read. By the way, did I miss something? I would love to hear from you.
With this, I am ending this article with the hope that I could cover most of the points, which are making it easy for me to choose my career. What about you?
