Choosing Software Testing as your Career
We will give a common answer to all these questions whether you should choose software testing as your career or not? Let me first explain in brief about software testing. Software testing and quality control are the processes by means of which application quality is improved. Software testing is done in each phase of product life cycle i.e from requirement specifications , design, coding, to the user acceptance.
Many complex software structures require in depth analytical and technical skill to test the applications. Knowledge of programming languages is required for unit testing, scripting skill essential for Automation testing.
Communication
Customer communication as well as team communication most important for this job. Written communication as well!
Technical skill
As We mentioned earlier for testing technical domain skill in languages is important.
Some of the Testing skills are:
- Project life cycle
- Testing concepts
- Knowledge of testing types
- Programming languages familiarity
- Database concepts
- Test plan idea
- Ability to analyze requirements
- Documentation skill
- Testing tools
3. Leadership quality
4. Analytical and judging skill
Don't worry if you don't have some of the skills mentioned above. You can always learn the things if you have interest. Non-IT personas can also grow fast by gaining necessary skills.
