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Teach yourself test automation (Selenium, etc.). Shockingly few QAs know even the basics of scripting/programming.
by strangetimes 10y ago
Teach yourself test automation (Selenium, etc.). Shockingly few QAs know even the basics of scripting/programming.
- pmiller2 10y agoIt seems like that would be a ticket to a QA automation job, not a dev job. People say QA -> dev is a good way to get in, but I've seen very few people actually accomplish it.
- gregshap 10y agoI've seen it happen several times (my employer may be unusually prone to hiring jr devs as qa automation). I agree that if you can hold out for a dev job, do that and save a year or two getting to the same place. If you really can't get a dev job and need the income, get a QA Automation job and start migrating early by asking to fix small bugs yourself, or work on the automation tooling. At a smaller company, working on the build system and QA automation tooling might be more interesting and get more attention than what you would do as a jr software dev.