Software testing career development: where should software testers go

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Do you have workplace anxiety ？

In the workplace , What I am most concerned about is how to develop in the workplace ？ With the increase of experience and age , How to improve your ability ？

If you are already in the workplace comfort zone , Do you want to come out ？

In the workplace , It's normal to have workplace anxiety , Seeing that some of their peers have begun to take the lead in the industry , At the same time, I watched the small fresh meat smaller than you rush in batch by batch , They are paid less than you , Unlike you who have married and have children , You can work overtime indefinitely without worry .

Age is an absolute value , Can't change , How can software testers survive in the workplace when they are getting older ？ This needs to rely on the core competitiveness of testers to fight , So where is your core competitiveness in the workplace ？
Workplace competitiveness is the unique 、 Competitive skills 、 attitude 、 The sum of knowledge and other aspects .

How should software testers maintain their competitiveness in the workplace ？

First , Analyze the development direction of software testing post ：

Software testing positions can develop in two directions , A management direction , A technical direction .
1. The management direction
The management direction includes test manager , Test team leader , Even the test director and so on

2. Technical direction
From the test level, it can be divided into junior testers , Intermediate Tester , Senior Tester

Test types can be divided into unit tests （ White box testing ）, A functional test （ Black box testing ）, automated testing , Performance testing , Security testing , The interface test , Even test tool developers , Test Architect

secondly , Analyze your personality and hobbies ：

Every software tester or person about to enter software testing should analyze their own personality , Be clear about your favorite , Only know these , Only by choosing a career according to your personality and hobbies can you do it for a long time , This is what you can do when you love .

I really like software testing , And the goal was clear from the beginning , Go along the technical route , When I was interviewed three years ago, I said that I would go to the technical route , Three years later, I still want to continue to do technology , This doesn't mean I don't want to be a manager , But I think the current technology is still very good , Personality is not calm , If we rush to management now , It is estimated that it will not be done very well , So the current goal is to go to the technical path , It's not too late to wait until the water reaches qucheng .

Because I have less time in management , Therefore, the latter mainly develops in the direction of Technology .

Last , When the direction is clear , We can start to implement , The following analyzes the skills that software testers should have according to the level of software testing .

1. Junior tester

• Test design capability
• Analyze the needs of the project , Extract test points , Design test plans and test cases according to test points
• The code analysis ： Be able to understand design documents , Read the code
• Documentation ： Common documents （ test plan 、 programme 、 Use cases 、 The report ） etc.
• Test thinking
• According to my own understanding, I have a certain understanding of software testing , Even just received a project , It can also be tested according to the function

2. Intermediate Tester

• be proficient in professional work
• Familiar with needs , Familiar with project business , Business understanding can put forward their own views
• Familiar with relevant testing techniques
• creativity ： Have your own thoughts 、 thinking , Take the initiative to try at work ;
• Analyze positioning issues ： Not only find problems , It can also analyze problems ;

3. Senior Tester

• Proficient in Testing Technology
• Test the technical bull , Depth of discovery bug, Developers can be impressed
• Test technology leader
• Bring new people , Train testers
• Introduce new testing technology and train everyone
• Develop test tools
• Develop appropriate testing tools or testing frameworks according to the needs of the project

Then how to make yourself reach the ability of each test level ？

At the end of the day ： Keep learning , Only keep learning , To make continuous progress .

It's like when you first started testing , Can't write test cases , Take the test cases of predecessors , Copywriting , If you write too much, you will gradually learn , Even if you encounter any problems in the process of writing, you can solve them quickly .

For many software testers , Written document , Analyze requirements , Submit the defect , Test thinking and so on , These are not things , And it is difficult to subdue programming languages alone , I was the same at first , Although the current level is also average , But how many detours have you taken , Only I know .

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