Yeah I can definitely see that side of things. The manual aspect of QA is definitely reducing, though I would hesitate to call it entirely dead. I love the fact

Yeah I can definitely see that side of things. The manual aspect of QA is definitely reducing, though I would hesitate to call it entirely dead. I love the fact that I've got experienced manuals who are able to craft well written procedures that I can automate. There are more and more opportunities for QA Automation with the ability to write those procedures, which I suspect are the ones replacing the manual QA specialists you reference.