I have been following your videos on software testing for a while now, and I appreciate the valuable knowledge you share about this field. As a fresh computer science graduate with strong programming and problem-solving skills, I am looking for a job as a Python developer in Egypt. However, I am finding it difficult to find a job, and I am now considering software testing as a potential career path. I was wondering if you could make a video about the future of software testing as a career, including salaries and relevant information in the USA and other countries. I would also appreciate your insights on whether I should pursue a career in development or focus more on the testing field. Moreover, I would like to know from someone who is an expert like you about my chances of getting a job in Europe or the USA in each of these two careers. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for the support! Being honest, it's easier to get a job as a software tester than a developer because of the competition. Everyone with a computer science degree defualts to becoming a software devleoper, no one really thinks about software tester. You can also try software testing and then switch over to software development or vice versa. My actual title right now is a lead software developer(SDET) in test, which just means I'm a software developer with a focus in testing. If you do go the testing route I would do automation/SDET, especially since you know how to code. Some automation jobs especially as yoh move up, can match or even go higher than developer jobs depending on the company and role.
@thetestlead Appreciate your insights on software testing and automation! Your advice has given me valuable perspectives. Thanks for sharing your experience. Waiting for your insightful videos.
@@youssefshehab540 I'd like to add on to what @thetestlead said as well. Hiring in QA is a lot more gracious to new CS grads b/c we know that they don't teach QA in college (other than unit testing, barely). Companies with strong QA teams are willing to train CS grads in QA while they might be a little stricter on the dev side since you had 4 years of schooling for that. As Test Lead said, you can always move into development if you start with QA and I personally think it will make you development skills even better. The good thing with dev is that whether you use it for a company or not, you can still be innovative and create your own applications to continue to grow your development skills and doing QA will give you discipline to do things with quality. If you stick to ONLY QA, then you do kind of put yourself in a box. That's why for me, I am a QA engineer but I also push to learn a lot of other technologies and continue to develop on my own as well.
Thank you for your videos! Aced my QA interview thanks to your videos with 0 experience. Been in my role for a year and landed promotions, currently learning to code to try to further advance my role. Thanks for everything!
Thanks for the support, and congrats! Always feel free to reach out if you need any help and feel free to leave a testimonial on my website if you like! www.thetestinglead.com/mentorship
I tell people try to transition within their company rather than trying to get into a completely new company. At your current company, you know how things work and you should have a relationship with that company vs being a total stranger trying to get into a new company with no experience. People don't realize how important experience is.
Glad to hear! The sooner you learn to code the better and you can use it to help you get into the market faster. The more marketable your skillset is the better and never stop learning
Either or is adequate because both are OOP(object oriented programming) languages. Meaning they have similar concepts but the syntax(way you write it) might be different. For most coding interviews they will let you pick your language of choice. Start ups and younger companies tend to use Python more because it’s easier to learn and can be used in many ways. Many older established companies tend to use Java
I have been following your videos on software testing for a while now, and I appreciate the valuable knowledge you share about this field. As a fresh computer science graduate with strong programming and problem-solving skills, I am looking for a job as a Python developer in Egypt. However, I am finding it difficult to find a job, and I am now considering software testing as a potential career path. I was wondering if you could make a video about the future of software testing as a career, including salaries and relevant information in the USA and other countries. I would also appreciate your insights on whether I should pursue a career in development or focus more on the testing field. Moreover, I would like to know from someone who is an expert like you about my chances of getting a job in Europe or the USA in each of these two careers. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for the support! Being honest, it's easier to get a job as a software tester than a developer because of the competition. Everyone with a computer science degree defualts to becoming a software devleoper, no one really thinks about software tester. You can also try software testing and then switch over to software development or vice versa. My actual title right now is a lead software developer(SDET) in test, which just means I'm a software developer with a focus in testing.
If you do go the testing route I would do automation/SDET, especially since you know how to code. Some automation jobs especially as yoh move up, can match or even go higher than developer jobs depending on the company and role.
@thetestlead Appreciate your insights on software testing and automation! Your advice has given me valuable perspectives. Thanks for sharing your experience. Waiting for your insightful videos.
@@youssefshehab540 I'd like to add on to what @thetestlead said as well. Hiring in QA is a lot more gracious to new CS grads b/c we know that they don't teach QA in college (other than unit testing, barely). Companies with strong QA teams are willing to train CS grads in QA while they might be a little stricter on the dev side since you had 4 years of schooling for that. As Test Lead said, you can always move into development if you start with QA and I personally think it will make you development skills even better.
The good thing with dev is that whether you use it for a company or not, you can still be innovative and create your own applications to continue to grow your development skills and doing QA will give you discipline to do things with quality. If you stick to ONLY QA, then you do kind of put yourself in a box. That's why for me, I am a QA engineer but I also push to learn a lot of other technologies and continue to develop on my own as well.
Thank you for your videos! Aced my QA interview thanks to your videos with 0 experience. Been in my role for a year and landed promotions, currently learning to code to try to further advance my role. Thanks for everything!
Thanks for the support, and congrats! Always feel free to reach out if you need any help and feel free to leave a testimonial on my website if you like!
www.thetestinglead.com/mentorship
that's awesome news to hear! It's so hard to land a role with 0 experience.
Hey what videos did you watch.?
I tell people try to transition within their company rather than trying to get into a completely new company. At your current company, you know how things work and you should have a relationship with that company vs being a total stranger trying to get into a new company with no experience. People don't realize how important experience is.
Exactly, this is very underrated! Your current company will also be more patient with your learning curve because they already your work ethic.
I’m learning python now, I’m getting into the market soon as a manual QA but I don’t want to stay manual.
Glad to hear! The sooner you learn to code the better and you can use it to help you get into the market faster. The more marketable your skillset is the better and never stop learning
Java or python which one in most demand at qa
Either or is adequate because both are OOP(object oriented programming) languages. Meaning they have similar concepts but the syntax(way you write it) might be different. For most coding interviews they will let you pick your language of choice. Start ups and younger companies tend to use Python more because it’s easier to learn and can be used in many ways. Many older established companies tend to use Java