Where is the future of test engineers? Confused to see

Say first conclusion ： To be realistic , Test engineers in a narrow sense have no future .

No matter what TE,SDET It is the role division of software or hardware development system engineering , Just because of different responsibilities and skill requirements , There is not much difference in skills , It's just that some training institutions or junior beginners have poor understanding and introduced too many mistakes and prejudices , Of course, this bias also comes from reality, especially for most test teams leader The spread of misconceptions .

Broadly speaking , This profession should be called quality assurance of software or hardware development , From the perspective of quality assurance , Eliminate some things that test the theoretical basis , On the ground, there are two core methods ： Process and engineering capabilities .

Due to the low cost of process means , Be quick , stay KPI Under the guidance of , Some domestic second and third line tests leader Including the first-line large factories leader Very good at writing articles on the process , Take a look at each process stage from demand to launch , Promote some process optimization , Add some monitoring , Measure , With some manual or semi-automatic testing methods, we can quickly catch the benefits and see the results , And with constant positive feedback , Practitioners form path dependence , Think the test is so simple . But these things can't stand proof ： How to measure the effectiveness of your test （ We have done some random experiments to demonstrate the effectiveness of the test , At the beginning of this model, the benefits are great , But the long-term effectiveness is very poor ）？ These manual and semi-automatic things are too late , And maintenance costs are high , There is no way to make effective precipitation , Once quality dependence is formed, it is a side effect that hinders the growth of the team ; In addition, these things do not necessarily need special QE To do , Research and development or project （ Cooperate with some simple outsourcing ） You can also do , It's too replaceable .

Engineering capability （ Code , Document management , How to restrict the development mode , Single measurement , Code scanning ,mock,diff, monitor , Trouble shooting , Link voltage measurement , link trace,CI/CD） It is a seriously underestimated solution to the problem in China , The construction period of the project is long , Slow effect , But in the long run, solving the problem is the most thorough , Software or hardware development is a system engineering , Engineering ability is one of the basic abilities , Using engineering ability to solve quality problems should also be a pursuit of engineers , But the test leader Limited by kpi Or don't believe in technology at all （ Many tests leader In fact, technology is just a mascot , Fool the boss when reporting work , I don't believe in what technology can change ）.

In the long run , Quality assurance and operation and maintenance capabilities are the same , The end result is to be replaced by constantly improving engineering capabilities , Reference resources devops Slowly kill the operation and maintenance ,devtest Kill the test sooner or later , You can say that the size and business status of each company are different , Test engineers will exist for a long time , There is a certain reason , But new technology will accelerate this process （ For example, cloud computing ）, And when the industry shrinks , Most people can't change their fate , So test engineers have no future .

Of course , There is a major premise here that there will be no major breakthroughs and innovations in technology or industrial applications in the next ten years , If there is, it will usher in a troubled world or the reconstruction brought about by the great innovation of Engineering Technology , In general, people will be conservative in solving problems, at least in the short term

Say first conclusion ： To be realistic , Test engineers in a narrow sense have no future .

No matter what TE,SDET It is the role division of software or hardware development system engineering , Just because of different responsibilities and skill requirements , There is not much difference in skills , It's just that some training institutions or junior beginners have poor understanding and introduced too many mistakes and prejudices , Of course, this bias also comes from reality, especially for most test teams leader The spread of misconceptions .

Broadly speaking , This profession should be called quality assurance of software or hardware development , From the perspective of quality assurance , Eliminate some things that test the theoretical basis , On the ground, there are two core methods ： Process and engineering capabilities .

Due to the low cost of process means , Be quick , stay KPI Under the guidance of , Some domestic second and third line tests leader Including the first-line large factories leader Very good at writing articles on the process , Take a look at each process stage from demand to launch , Promote some process optimization , Add some monitoring , Measure , With some manual or semi-automatic testing methods, we can quickly catch the benefits and see the results , And with constant positive feedback , Practitioners form path dependence , Think the test is so simple . But these things can't stand proof ： How to measure the effectiveness of your test （ We have done some random experiments to demonstrate the effectiveness of the test , At the beginning of this model, the benefits are great , But the long-term effectiveness is very poor ）？ These manual and semi-automatic things are too late , And maintenance costs are high , There is no way to make effective precipitation , Once quality dependence is formed, it is a side effect that hinders the growth of the team ; In addition, these things do not necessarily need special QE To do , Research and development or project （ Cooperate with some simple outsourcing ） You can also do , It's too replaceable .

Engineering capability （ Code , Document management , How to restrict the development mode , Single measurement , Code scanning ,mock,diff, monitor , Trouble shooting , Link voltage measurement , link trace,CI/CD） It is a seriously underestimated solution to the problem in China , The construction period of the project is long , Slow effect , But in the long run, solving the problem is the most thorough , Software or hardware development is a system engineering , Engineering ability is one of the basic abilities , Using engineering ability to solve quality problems should also be a pursuit of engineers , But the test leader Limited by kpi Or don't believe in technology at all （ Many tests leader In fact, technology is just a mascot , Fool the boss when reporting work , I don't believe in what technology can change ）.

In the long run , Quality assurance and operation and maintenance capabilities are the same , The end result is to be replaced by constantly improving engineering capabilities , Reference resources devops Slowly kill the operation and maintenance ,devtest Kill the test sooner or later , You can say that the size and business status of each company are different , Test engineers will exist for a long time , There is a certain reason , But new technology will accelerate this process （ For example, cloud computing ）, And when the industry shrinks , Most people can't change their fate , So test engineers have no future .

Of course , There is a major premise here that there will be no major breakthroughs and innovations in technology or industrial applications in the next ten years , If there is, it will usher in a troubled world or the reconstruction brought about by the great innovation of Engineering Technology , In general, people will be conservative in solving problems, at least in the short term

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