Why do folks assume test automation = people loosing jobs?<\/p>\n
I think because elsewhere automation = loosing jobs.. let me explain:<\/p>\n
Over the past few decades, to build efficiencies we’ve automated every mundane task we can, and has been growing exponentially ever since<\/p>\n
And this is not limited to a specific industry, this has happened all over, finance, medical, manufacturing, services you name it<\/p>\n
Mundae tasks that were done by humans, have been taken over by machines, from small things like a bank teller vs an ATM \/ deposit machines to robotics on a manufacturing assembly line<\/p>\n
Subconsciously we end up equating this automation to test automation, and start inferring the same results<\/p>\n
However – test automation isn’t actually automating the whole testing process, it’s actually ‘automation in test’<\/p>\n
A major portion of testing is exploring, collaborating and thinking compared to checking, which cannot be done by a machine.<\/p>\n
#RedefiningSoftwareQuality<\/strong>\u00a0✔\u00a0#Testing<\/strong> #AutomationInTest<\/strong> #Automation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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