Why is the test post a giant pit? The 8-year-old tester told you not to be fooled

Every time someone asks me what the future of software testing is , Every year, many people pour into testing positions , I hope I can enter Ali 、 Huawei and other big factories

But are test posts really so popular ？ Today, I combine my growth experience from zero basic Xiaobai to test development , Let's talk about the development prospect of this industry , And where students who want to enter the industry should start to learn

One 、 The development of software testing industry

Recently, many students are looking for a job , You will find it difficult to find a job in the functional testing position , Most are outsourced , Even outsourcing requires performance or automated testing , So for pure manual testing , It is true that it is difficult to find a job .

The other is the development of Technology ,CI/CD/Devops The popularity of project management iteration methodology has increased the test pressure , If you're new to this business , Maybe the test is looking for bug, But the core of the test engineer is quality assurance .

Short iterations at a faster and faster pace , In fact, there is no way to rely on manpower to support , So in the end, we must work overtime , But overtime alone can't solve any problems .

A large number of test engineers with weak technical foundation in the industry are facing elimination or outsourcing . This sentence sounds cruel , But you have to see that change , By communicating with some test managers , It is also believed that many test engineers have failed , Or a little bit , Or a little bit of automation .

therefore , That's why many companies hire test developers

Speaking of this , I'm sure many of them will be a little bit , They are all complaining about why ordinary tests are used , And automation , I know the basics of language ？ If the industry in front of you can understand , Then you can understand , They have higher expectations for testing , Existing tests can't solve , So it can only be reflected in recruitment .

It can also be seen from the industry survey data , If you want to make a living in this industry , Manual order is not enough , Basic also have to be automated , You said you didn't write code , Want to enter this industry , How long do you think you won't be eliminated ？

therefore , The trend and Prospect of the whole industry is ：

• Pure manual testing is gradually eliminated or absorbed by outsourcing
• Having a language foundation is the basic recruitment requirement , Performance or automated testing is a common requirement
• Large factories tend to recruit test developers directly , Manual testing is basically outsourced
• Between test and development and operation and maintenance “ wall ” Gradually breaking
• Due to the increasing importance of test development , The salary of test and development engineers will continue to increase , The salary gap within the industry has widened
• The management of the testing industry will gradually flatten
• Test engineers who do not understand development are illiterate in the new era
• The threshold of the testing industry has increased , But wages will rise
• More R & D engineers enter the testing field
• 1 The surface of the " Decline " Testing industry

Two 、 Software Test Engineer's life cycle

The product life cycle is the whole process from preparing to enter the market to eliminating and exiting the market , The same is true of the career cycle of a software test engineer . How to make “ Life cycle ” Make the most of each stage of , It is a problem that every software testing practitioner should pay attention to .

1、 The introductory stage

When the training was hot a few years ago , Many students heard that “ Good prospects , Internet salary is high , Don't write code , You do not have to work overtime? , The older, the more popular ” Boast loudly , They put their brains into this industry . After several years of work , I didn't make any money , Technology has not precipitated , If you can't get along, you can only change careers again .
If you haven't entered the industry or just started to understand , Then you must think about a few questions ：

• Can you accept the pace of work in the Internet industry ？
• Do you really love this industry , At least have enough enthusiasm to study ？
• Whether your learning ability can keep you from falling behind in the rapidly changing wave of Technology ？
  First, as the Internet industry , There must be overtime , Even if it's not 996, There must also be urgent tasks or online , Ask yourself if you can accept this pace of work . If you get there, you're going to go online , All night is also common , You left work the next morning , Your colleague just went to work with breakfast .

secondly , If you have basic enthusiasm for this industry , Or don't hate this industry , Then at least you can have the motivation to study , To drive yourself , In this way, you can ensure that your work is not a pain for yourself .

Last , Internet industry , Technology changes with each passing day , Be able to go on in the software testing industry for a long time , We must keep learning . If you hate learning , Or less self-motivated , It's not recommended that you enter this industry .

2、 Primary stage

At this stage , You've started testing , Even the most basic point , You already know what the Internet enterprise testing process looks like , It can be said that this is your most vigorous time .

Your embarrassment when you encounter problems at work 、 Respect when meeting the great God , Will become your motivation to strive for knowledge . Reading books 、 Watch the open class 、 Go to the Forum , Your knowledge and skills will expand dramatically at this stage .
But at this point , In particular, we should pay attention not to rush to medical treatment .

At this stage, I don't suggest that the foundation is not solid , Start learning automation , In the end, I didn't understand anything . Business ability is the most important , Play with automation again , It's just an aid . The foundation is not solid , The earth trembled and the mountains swayed .

3、 Intermediate stage

You at this time , Maybe it has been tested for 1-2 It's been years , A lot of work is also handy , The salary is also basically stable , I know more about technology , But I still feel like I can't do anything .
Yes , You lack in-depth research in a certain direction ！

In the intermediate stage of software testing industry , A problem that must be faced is in which direction should I further develop . Automation or performance ？Python still Java？APP still web？

Let me give you some advice from my experience ：

• About the development direction

No matter what APP The test is good 、web The test is good , Or want to study automation , Or want to specialize in performance , It's all right . There is nothing so-called good or bad , What matters is whether you like , If you feel tired of doing performance , There is no sense of achievement without automated testing , Then concentrate on studying automated testing . Just specialize in one direction , After a period of time, you can become a great God .

• About language selection

I've written an article about software test engineers' language choice before , Simply speaking , Just when I first touched , You can choose Python, It's faster to get started , More flexible , To the advanced stage , Deal with larger business forms , You have to learn to Java. Do the technology , It's normal to speak many languages .

• Automated testing or performance testing

For automated testing , Don't be led by it , Don't exaggerate the role , And don't automate for the sake of Automation .
Performance testing will be somewhat more difficult than Automation . Code 、 Operation and maintenance 、 Computer theory 、 database 、 Business and so on , You have to understand . It's okay to write a script or execute it , The difficulty is performance analysis and tuning . Of course, if you are not very demanding at this stage , Then you can master the basic process of performance testing and simple performance analysis . More, such as building a pressure measurement environment 、 Monitor performance indicators, etc , We still need to accumulate experience in actual combat .

For these two aspects , I suggest you all study , Because of the current recruitment demand , They are all standard configuration requirements .

4. Advanced stage

If you are already a veteran of the software testing industry , Then I believe you a lot “ pit ” It's all stepped on .
At this stage , It can be said that it is the biggest career development bottleneck of Software Test Engineers . The great gods in the industry , Also broke through this stage , To get new development .
Usually at this stage , Will face 3 Development in two directions ：

• technician

The road is rough , But also the most resistant . If you're not good at relationships , Don't ask about the world , And have a strong interest in technology , Then I suggest you take the road of Technology . Usually more code 、 Communicate more with developers , Write some test platforms or test tools . At the same time, the development ability should also be good , In this way, you can become a high-level Test Development Engineer .

• The management direction

I'm tired of doing technical work , Management is more tiring , Because dealing with people is the most complicated . We should not only coordinate the relationship between superiors and subordinates , We should also make overall arrangements for all work
If you like to take the management route , Don't leave the business and just do management , It is suggested to do a professional technical management , While leading the team , Constantly improve your skills , On the one hand, it is difficult to convince the public because of poor technology , On the other hand, it is also to exercise their ability to implement some team schemes , Although the life cycle of management is longer than that of pure technology , But we must not give up technology

• Transfer other

Research and development 、 product 、 Operation and maintenance , Or start a business , They are all new ways out after facing the bottleneck . Especially entrepreneurship , Don't be hasty , I've seen too many entrepreneurs fail and come back to work , Everything is gone .

The above is a knowledge architecture system for the development direction of Software Test Engineers... Which I sorted out for you . I hope you can follow this system , Complete the construction of such a system . so to speak , It's a process that's going to kill you , But as long as you get through it . Life will be much easier in the future . It's just that it's hard at the beginning , Just take the first step , You're halfway there , The ancients said well “ Short step , A thousand miles .” When we look back on this journey after it's finished , You're bound to feel a lot .

These materials , There are also many recorded video tutorials , For friends who do software testing, it should be the most comprehensive and complete war preparation warehouse , This warehouse also accompanied me through the most difficult journey , I hope it can help you ！ Everything should be done as soon as possible , Especially in the technology industry , We must improve our technical skills . I hope that's helpful ……

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