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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Chapter 45. Future of Testing – Career Opportunities

Software testing as an independent discipline was born nearly two decades ago. There once was a time when IT professionals had to be convinced that testing could be a career; many people thought software development careers were more attractive and that testing meant a manual, monotonous job. However, testing and Quality Assurance (QA) as careers have evolved over the years and these myths have since been shaken. Testing and QA careers are rewarding and challenging, like other fields in the IT industry.

This chapter discusses the various opportunities and careers in software testing and QA, career paths, and how to enrich your career in this field. IT veterans and young professionals alike have found their place in the QA and testing world.

Currently, close to 50% of the global testing outsourced work is carried out in India. The size of the testing market is estimated at $40 billion, with 40% of it labeled as specialized testing (done...