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🤔 Considering a career change from Software Engineer to QA Engineer? Let’s discuss!
I’m currently facing a dilemma – should I leave my Software Engineer role for a QA Engineer position at a startup? Here’s the scoop:
💼 Unhappy in current SWE job
💰 Making $115k in finance industry
🔍 Struggling to find new opportunities
😕 Unsure about career path
Considering the QA Engineer role for a change of scenery, but worried about potential repercussions.
Some things to consider:
1. Will this experience open up new opportunities?
2. Is working at a startup worth the risk?
3. How will this impact future job prospects?
Would you take the leap or continue job searching in the SWE field? Share your thoughts!
Possible solution:
– Consider taking the QA Engineer role for diverse experience
– Keep learning SWE skills on the side
– Network with professionals in both fields for insights
Let’s brainstorm together! 🚀 #CareerAdvice #JobChange #TechIndustry
Qa market is many time worse than dev market now
QA market is unstable as the other person said. In some cases, entire QA divisions are wiped out.
And startups are less stable than large financial companies, especially when interest rates are high and VC money dries up.
Feel like you’re digging your own grave here but proceed at your own risk
Go for it! If you don’t enjoy software development, this could be a great opportunity. You might find a better position here or even pivot to a business role. Remember, most software engineers forever stay in technical roles and will face many LeetCode interviews. (NeetCode’s success in selling leetcode tutorials is a testament to this)
If you are more aligned with testing than development, then it can be.
Every dev can do QA work, not every QA can do dev work.
Are you ready todeal with all business part shenanigans? If yes then go for it.
Bu as others mentioned, there are not many jobs in market.
Even if you find a job it most likely will be in some sort of big company where you won’t work in one team but instead in multiple as companies tend to use QA’s where then need them.
Also in future there will be no such position as QA engineer.
Automation, modern tools and AI will kill it.
If it’s your manager then you should try to get internally moved. QA engineer is not a good place to be right now.