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Byte 8 years' experience of female test Director - for girls who want to change careers or are about to enter the testing industry

2022-07-28 23:34:00 【TEST_ Two black】

“ Why enter the software industry ？” A lot of people ask me ,“ It's not good for a girl to do this , It won't last long , Especially when you're older, it's even harder to do .”

I just casually say professional counterparts , Can I say that I am interested in the high salary and technical model of this industry , It's too vulgar , However, it is this tacky reason that makes me go this way , And want to keep going . Why? ？
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One 、 It's because I've been doing software testing for so long , I've fallen in love with it , This is probably a long-term love （ To laugh ）, Now this is more than just a job for me , Or a hobby .
Two 、 It's character , Only this silent work without too much communication is more in line with my character .
3、 ... and 、 This is also a way I have been exploring in my working career for so many years , A way of life .

When I just graduated , As confused as many people , Alone came to the big city that many young people yearn for – Shenzhen , Due to a period of work experience , I easily found a company, entered the laboratory and started my hardware test , But as the working time increases , I found this test not suitable for me , Too much time , And the time is fixed , Once an experiment starts, it cannot be terminated in the middle , Often need to work overtime all night , This kind of long-term operation is not suitable for , So in less than a year , I decided to leave again .

Then I came to the first company that started my software testing career, starting with the most basic testing work , In the first two years, because there was no professional teacher to take , It's hard to do the test , I still remember the mobile phone test I started to do , I often take test prototypes back to where I live , On weekends, everyone else went out to play , I'm still testing my cell phone there , Although my hand tested mobile phone has not had any problems in the market , But only I know how STRESSED I was .

But I'm excited , Because I finally got into software testing , Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity . Later, I came to zhongruan by chance , Stayed there 5 year , It can be said that many skills are improved and perfected here , It is also here that I have a clearer understanding of this industry .

Then enter this industry , What development routes do we girls have , I cut it , Also find a suitable route for yourself ：

The first is the management route .

From software test engineer to test team leader to test supervisor to test manager ,QA The manager , Test director, etc , I thought about this line , But not for me , Why? ？

Because of his personality, he is not suitable to be a leader , I've been in charge of testing for a few years , Test Manager , But every time I do it for a while, I don't want to do it , Report and track every day , Progress tracking , Personnel coordination , Task assignment , Quality assessment , Big and small meetings , If you are busy, you can't quietly do the test you like , I began to get bored , Of course, some people like management , Students with management skills can develop in this direction .

The second is the professional route .

I think of these professional routes ：

1. Performance test engineer — Performance experts
2. Safety Test Engineer — Security experts
3. Automation Test Engineer – automated testing

These things have developed well , The prospects for further development are very broad , Become test Director , Technology consultant , Project Director , Technical Officer , Security information officers are possible .

I have also outlined the skills required for these professional routes , They all require more professional skills ：
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The professional route is not difficult for us engaged in software testing , Just find your own direction , If you study hard and improve your skills, you will be able to achieve , Professional done , It's natural for us to go further , In my opinion, this is an easy way

The third is to test the instructor's route .

This is also a route I am optimistic about and like at present , Why? ？

First of all, it requires professional skills. For us, we have .
Secondly, it is also a reason why I like this career direction , The test instructor's time is relatively loose compared with other development routes , For people with families , You can spend more time with your family .
The third is that the test instructor does not have so many restrictions on age requirements .
The fourth is QA In this direction .

QA This job is relative to Software Test Engineer , It's easier , It is a good development direction for many girls after doing software testing , Why do you say that ？

Because many girls get married , Especially with children , They all want to spend more time with their children , As a tester, it is equivalent to the front line of production , Time is tight and task is heavy , Work pressure is great , Overtime is common , It's hard to spend time with children , and QA It's just an acceptance and evaluation of product quality , No need to participate in the test , She just needs to know the company's quality standards , Control process , Have software quality evaluation ability , The software quality can be evaluated according to the software report , Just do a good job of quality control at each stage of software testing , The work is not so heavy .

Well, this is the development prospect of software testing I see at present , If you have a better development route, you are also welcome to share .

As an automated software tester , Now I'd like to share with you some of these years , I want to sum up the technology , Share your notes on the skills you need to master as an advanced Tester , I hope I can help my friends who want to go all the way to black on the road of technology ！