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Hi, I am working as test engineer. I will be completing my 2 years in this company by next month. I am planning to switch. Internally I am facing to get a developer role. In experience letter I may...

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Hi, I am working as test engineer. I will be completing my 2 years in this company by next month. I am planning to switch. Internally I am facing to get a developer role. In experience letter I may get designation as Test Engineer. is this a drawback when I wanted to work as developer in other companies. How can I switch to other company as Java or Salesforce developer?

QA to Developer

Software Test - QA

QA to Developer- Grapevine

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I received my offer letter two days ago, and i was assigned to quality assurance spc role. However, I'm not really interested in testing and my HR isn't replying when i asked for a role switch. My question is there any alternative way to switch to a developer role? If so, I'd really like to view your opinions on it and i would also like to know what type of skills i should learn in that meantime. Thank you.

How to switch my role from quality assurance engineer to a developer

Associate IT Engineer

Hi guys, 

As a fresher I joined CG, where I got trained and have 2 year experience in software testing, but from beginning I had interest in development, I requested many times to manager but no proper response. And now I got laid off.

Currently searching job as a software
 tester, it's been 6 months no proper interview call getting scheduled

I'm very confused should I continue with testing profile or this is the time to upskill and look for dev role

I have enrolled in full stack course too.

Please give me your opinion on should I continue job hunt for testing or start new
Journey as full stack developer?

Thank you

QA or Full stack developer

Software Engineer

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?

Need Guidance

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Hey guys. I'm currently an Automation QA at big 4 with 2 yrs of experience. I'm frustrated with the role now and would like to switch domain or atleast companies with greater flexibility. Please help me fellow testers who transitioned to other domain

Stuck in QA role

Test Engineer

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

Want to switch from QE to DEV

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

is it a Good switch QA(Automation) >> Backend Dev

I have 2 years experience in Big MNC with no proper project experience planning to switch having good knowledge on python. So guide me which domain can I choose Python selenium Robo Framework or Python Django or even Data analyst.

QA or Developer

Hi All, I have 3 Years experience as an automation test engineer and  want to switch into devops.

I have done the DevOps course and gained hands experience.

How can I show my experience as a DevOps engineer because all openings require 2-3 years of relevant experience.

And in my payslip my designation is written.

I'm so confused what should i do ?

Want to switch from testing to DevOps

Hi all, 
I am a recent BCA graduate , from tier 3 college. I was hoping that i would get a chance to work on amazing techstack when i joined Deloitte but unfortunately they onboarded me pretty late and i had already rejected offers for few organisations for the role of SDE, junior AI/ML associate and so on in the respective field. I did this because i was hoping that Big4 is a better place to learn and grow. When i joined in Feb 23 i was given training on Software Testing where i don’t have interest and i tried reaching higher ups but they told i might get a chance to work on tech i am interested in when i get projects. So i pursued this and got project on Testing as well, there also people said if you want to work on other areas there is no guarantee but you can help the developers as well and learn. Maybe you will get the chance to shift from QA but no guarantee. 
I am so frustrated with my current position, wherever i am applying they are not hiring me for the reason of having irrelevant experience and i can’t do internships as my family condition is not good and i have to constantly support them. I am stuck between quitting and taking a break due to financial problems but if i continue this how will i build relevant experience and switch to a different organisation. 

I request everyone to kindly help me getting a clarity, what should i do ? 
Can anyone help me get a different job role somewhere else? 
I am open to work in the field of Data and AI , Analytics as well.

Thinking of quitting the firm, need Help!

Storytime -

I have around 4 years of experience in QA field where i do manual testing. So i changed my field to frontend dev in pursuit of good salary and thought that software developer will have more roles. My previous company invested little bit in me but did not give any major projects. Then they fired me on basis of lack of logical skills. So i started looking for QA roles and dev role. Also i get to know that sdet roles are also a thing where people can earn as much as sde. 

Now the problem starts, i was laid off and given 1 month salary. So i found one job which is remote and it is of QA job . Until this point i made my mind that i will move on sdet path . Then my friend has referred me to one company before my layoff. So they scheduled one tech interview for frontend dev and i cleared it. I cleared it because my friend give me problem😅. Also there is no hr round and they also released offer. Now the problem is i have joined QA role. i am little bit scared that what if i joined sde role and same thing again happens to me. Little company fires me for not completing my task on time. Then i will lose my current job too and i have to start from zero.

Compensation details -

QA role - 9 LPA
Sde role - 10 LPA

Both are remote. Sde role can be on-site. In my mind , mostly i will reject sde role due to fear. Want to know opinions.

Thank you

Confused about job role

Software Developer

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I've done my Btech in EC from NIT. Worked for 2Y as a dev in IT Services co. Then I did my MBA from one of the old IIMs. 
Got placed as a "Consultant" in one IT services co, where JD said the role is client facing and business centric. Have been working here for close to 2Y. Basically I'm part of an Agile project team, as another Dev/QA resource. I basically do QA for project releases and occasional SQL scripting. Tried internally to switch to a Project/BA role but this experience is hindering me. Outside it's even worse as I don't even get shortlisted.
I believe I have good skills to excel in Product/BA/Project roles. But not getting them as I don't have any prior experience. My confidence is very low now and my career seems to go nowhere.

The pay is also worse, 21.6LPA currently ( of which 17.6 is fixed). I'm not complaining and this money is a lot for most people. But it's not even close to what my juniors after 2 batches earn. 

The only upside in my job is no pressure and can work remotely most days.

What should I do ?
Shall I learn AI/ML and move to an Individual Contributor role ? How to get shortlisted for these after prep?

Any advice or leads would be helpful, TIA.

Need guidance on my career path

Analyst

Can a QA with 2-3 years of experience switch to Development ?
How much time (approx) will it take to learn FE or BE or Full Stack ? How much shall be spent for an average candidate ?
What salary one can expect while switching from QA to Dev ?
Is this worth it, looking at frequent layoffs or QA not getting hired (even for Automation) ?

QA to Developer. Is it possible ?

Hey folks I'm software test engineer at amdocs holding 1.6 year experience currently planning to switch company please help me by providing your wise advice on below queries -

1. Desperately want to  quit QA job & wanna switch to Devops. Can you tell me from where i should to start learning and gain hands-on experience.

2. Is this right time to join new company as any other new role what your experience says how long hiring will be freeze ?

Skill - python, automation framework, MySQL, Linux, Agile, sdlc/stlc. 

CTC - 8.5 Lac

Should I switch now !! ??

If anyone has done it. Pls share your journey and what you have done to switch?

Anyone switched to a developer role from a performance test engineer role?

Quality Assurance

Working as a QA in manual testing with 11 years experience. I want to change my role now. Please suggest which is the good one.

Hello everyone,

Posting here on behalf of my friend.

Hi, I have 3yoe and have been in a lot of testing and support project.
I started my career with Capgemini. Was put in a testing project. Spent 2 years in api and ui testing.
Never really learned anything as there wasn't any scope, just did what was necessary.
This year switched to cognizant and got good hike.
But here also I'm put in a support project .
I monitor etl pipelines and if a particular pipeline fails run a couple of query to bring it up.
That's all.

I wanted to know if I study Java or python and practice in leetcode will I be able to switch to a developer profile.

Current CTC 8.4 LPA
YOE 3.

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