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Software QA is a dead end - manual jobs are disappearing and employers want automation. That's understandable, but there's no way for someone to learn an automation tool and then transition into a manual/automated or automated role - employers only hire those with automation experience. They don't train and they don't hire manual QA's with automation training but no work experience in automation.
Knock on wood. Random chance was kind to you.
At the company I work for we’ve given all manual QAs the opportunity to learn automation. The ones that have are still with the company and the ones that haven’t are no longer employed here. I was a QA before I moved to management, and am still here. To do the automation required us to hire Software Engineers in Test and we never offshored any of the SET roles.. We do have one offshore group that does regression testing (automation). Offshore is good for certain things (regression)... at least from what I’ve seen.
It's always an oasis in the desert, once your theory doesn't hold true. Ok.
My theory holds true. Companies still hire manual QA's but that number is dropping. It is a dead end field with no way up for the overwhelming vast majority of manual QA's - even those who learned automation.
I'm a white male and the world is definitely NOT my oyster. I'm not as lucky as those who look down on me and vehemently disagree with my bringing them facts that refute their "rainbows and unicorns job market" narrative.
Sorry it's not working for you at the moment. I didn't invent the statistics or the rules. It is what it is.
I'm not going to engage you in this conversation because it will get me nowhere. The statistics are publicly available, and we are all free to believe what we want. 'Tis one of the great things about America. Now back to those H1B's...
My theory holds true. Companies still hire manual QA's but that number is dropping. It is a dead end field with no way up for the overwhelming vast majority of manual QA's - even those who learned automation.
I work for the Cox family of companies in Atlanta. If you know Java, Java Script or CSS there is a lot of room at Cox Auto. Good company..
If you learned automation you can move into a role where you are developing new features, so I would disagree that there is a cap.
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