How to become a ‘well paid’ tester?<\/p>\n
I call it “The next generation” tester and here are the main skills…<\/p>\n
Quality Engineering
\n– Agile practices and DevOps culture
\n– Ability to match testing goals with product’s goals
\n– Figuring out KPIs \/ OKRs which help ‘deliver value’
\n– Enterprise & Vendor management<\/p>\n
Testing
\n– Risk based testing
\n– Defining a practical, efficient and effective test strategy
\n– BDD practices
\n– Context driven testing<\/p>\n
Automation in test
\n– Algorithm design aptitude and programming proficiency
\n– Automation framework design
\n– API \/ UI \/ Mobile Automation
\n– OAT (Performance and security basics)<\/p>\n
Continuous Integration
\n– Branching & merging
\n– CI tools (Jenkins \/ M. Azure)
\n– Provisioning environments Containers \/ VM \/ Cloud)<\/p>\n
Technical Leadership- Technical acumen
\n– Team leadership
\n– Collaborating with architects- Thought leadership<\/p>\n
Details of each in the linked article<\/p>\n
#RedefiningSoftwareQuality #NextGenerationTester #TestersGoingTechnical<\/p>\n
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