Is there any prospect and way out for software testing?

Know the answers to the following questions , Grasp the prospect of software testing , Everyone will have a clear understanding .

One 、 Now learn software testing , What is the development potential in the future ？

When the software testing industry really began to rise in China , Also in recent years . Because before , The most intelligent mobile phone used is just Nokia's , At that time, the mobile terminal did not need special software testing . later , Smart phones are becoming popular , social contact 、 game 、 E-commerce and other websites and websites APP It's starting to rise , At that time IT In the industry , The testing and development fields as well as the product fields are blank , Then catch up with the Internet wave , Companies large and small are beginning to pay attention to software testing . A current situation is , There are no special courses in this industry university , It's not like development . If you want to enter this industry, there are only two ways: self-study and training . Develop to 2018 At the beginning of the year , This industry has been relatively stable , But it's not saturated , The gap is still large .

For enterprise recruitment at this stage , Mainly concentrated in large and medium-sized enterprises , Many small development enterprises do not set up testing posts in consideration of cost factors , But when testing, the gatekeeper of enterprise product quality , With the pickiness of customers , This type of enterprise is difficult to go far . Even now the recruitment of large and medium-sized enterprises , Generally, the proportion with developers is also N：1, Far lower than foreign 1：N.

As the industry matures , Future tests will have the following characteristics ：

（1） Pure functional testing , The demand will be lower and lower , Enterprises need more than one person ;

（2） Interface automation testing , The specific gravity will increase significantly , In line with the development of the times ;

（3） Performance testing , Talent is scarce ;

（4） The demand for software testing talents will be increasing , Enterprises will pay more and more attention to ;

（5） The pay gap for testers will become larger and larger ;

Two ． How long can I work in this position ？

For this question , We need to understand the future development path of testing , To sum up simply, the following career paths ：

technology roadmap ： Junior test engineer - Senior Test Engineer （ automated testing , Performance testing , Security testing , Test development, etc ）

Manage routes ： Test team leader - Test Manager - Test Director

Business direction ： Because the test is familiar with the business , You can develop to a product manager

3、 ... and ． How about the income of this position ？

Income is the most important issue for all prospective entrants , During the previous interview , I met many people just from Training institutions Come out of the child , There are many one-sided understandings of income . We know that for now IT Employees in the industry Salary The salary is not the same as the post , Salary Many dimensions need to be examined to determine , Such as education background 、 image （ This is also called ）、 Express communication 、 Work experience 、 major 、 Technical level, etc . But for the whole industry , The general salary will be as follows ：

（1） The salary of a new entry-level software testing engineer is about 6K-8K;

（2）1-2 Years later, the salary of Intermediate Software Test Engineer 8K-15K;

（3） Senior Software Test Engineer 15K-25K;

（4） Senior Software Test Engineer / Testing experts / Test Development / Test management 25K+;

（5） enter a profession 3 The salary after years exceeds 10K+.（ The above data comes from a recruitment website ）

Four ． Will it be difficult to test learning ？

First of all, it can be clearly said , It's not hard to , Everyone knows the truth that where there is a will, there is a way , But for many people with good self-control , It's totally self-taught , But before you decide to study , There must be a clear learning plan and a clear control of the key knowledge of the post , That is to say, the direction cannot deviate , Anyone who has seen ancient costume plays knows , Don't go crazy . For people with weak self-control , It's best to find someone who can take him or find an organization with good cost performance to study , Don't teach yourself blindly , Even if you have to teach yourself , It is also self-study after having a clear and clear context , Otherwise, it's a waste of time . If the direction is wrong , Every effort is regressive .