Should I switch from Tester to Developer

30M here and currently working as a QA. My current ctc is 14LPA(6Y.O.E). Currently I'm on bench and looking out for projects. Parallelly I'm also looking outside, incase I don't get any projects in my current company. The problem here is I'm not very good at writing programs(Or atleast that's what I think) and constantly face issues in programming questions in interviews. I have always been an A+ student, scoring in 90's throughout academics(Scored 100 in chem and phy in 12th). But never been able to clear programming interviews. This is affecting my self-confidence and I keep getting self doubts(One of my senior in my first company told me that, I'm good at theoretical concepts and I fail when it comes to the application of said concepts). Now I'm into automation testing and as I was looking to switch, I kept seeing multiple openings for Mobile Development(Development in general, be it backend/front-end/full stack etc). The below reasons made me thinking as to why not switch to development: 1. My current CTC is low for my exp and testing usually don't have much openings 2. Testers don't have much respect in the Industry(Even from people working along with us) 3. Not much scope to earn more from testing field My current thoughts: 1. Enroll into a Java course from any offline institute and learn Java thoroughly first. 2. Switch to a good company with decent pay 3. Invest time for 1-2 years and learn development and then try for some startups. Any advice to my thoughts? Am I thinking in the right direction? And also, if anyone who has done this transition(Or similar transition) could shed some light on how you did it and what difficulties you faced, I would greatly appreciate it.

I am currently working as QA at Keysight technologies which is a Electronics company, mainly focusing on automation with basic python.But I want to switch as backend developer, should I gain expierience of year as QA or join startup immediately at any pay?

Software QA(Automation) having 3 yrs of exp with Salary 12LPA , thinking of switching to Backend dev role . Although here are my few queries : 1. Is QA domain good in long run with respect to salary . 2. Will Dev role be difficult to adapt , as i have exp in development but only in writing test scripts . 3. How much should i expect the staring dev salary to be as compared to my current CTC ? 4. Is it a good switch , say if i stay in QA domain for 2 more years then i guess CTC would be around the ball park of 18 - 20 LPA . But if i switch to dev and gain 2 years of exp will it be able to match the salary of QA ? Thanks in Advance

Short version:-So guys I am working as an automation tester wanted to switch to Development? Long version:- So i joined my current company as fresher.Had basic knowledge of java then was trained on java spring boot Microservices devlopment. Then put on bench for about 5 month(i actually wasted that time).Now got a project I do automation using python and selenium.I don't like doing it . So now I want to switch to development. Confused should i learn Django, Node js or should stick with java spring only. I am more inclined towards django as now i write automation script in python. And i personally feel it to be better then java (maybe cause it is easier to write).But i don't know market trends. That's why guidance needed.Thanks in advance

I have 10+ years of experience as QA automation engineer and now I am thinking about changing the movement from QA profile to Dev profile as I have seen some of the exponential growth in dev profile, I am sure If I am thinking it correctly but I think this would be a good decision for me so Posting here to get some feedback about it.

Short version:-So guys I am working as an automation tester wanted to switch to Development? Long version:- So i joined my current company as fresher Had basic knowledge of java then was trained on java spring boot Microservices devlopment. Then put on bench for about 4 month(i actually wasted that time).Now got a project I do automation using python and selenium.I don't like doing it . So now I want to switch to development. Confused should i learn Django, Node js or should stick with java spring only. I am more inclined towards django as now i write automation script in python. And i personally feel it to be better then java (maybe cause it is easier to write).But i don't know market trends. That's why guidance needed.Thanks in advance

Few days ago I was totally inspired to switch to web development domain. I am from electronics field so I have to read from scratch and my current work is from lowcode development. I did a research and found out how competative it is😓 and how complex it(work) becomes with time .If I go there It will be more++ hustle for life .Someone from webdev suggested me to go for testing .what are your opinions ?

I have been working for 2 years at an Indian telecom company. I am mainly writing code in C for real time sensitive devices. So my experience is low level coding in C and debugging. Will I be able to get more jobs based on this experience and domain? So should I switch my domain? If yes, then any domain suggestions? My current fixed pay is 14LPA, AND THAT'S ALL I AM GETTING NOW.

I want to switch from an automation engineer to a dev role, I have 1.8 yr experience.current ctc 20L . How should I go about it. Would love to hear some opinions on the same. Thank you