I would respectfully disagree. With genAI being adopted , the demand for QAEs will shot up. You need someone who can understand the code and test as well. This is where SDETs will come into picture. 
 Yes, Devs can test the code written by GenAI but the mindset of tester is different. So, pretty hopeful QAEs will do good in coming years

Software Developer

There is some kind of scope for automation using open source tools. The manual testing is currently being replaced with automation. However, there is a good chance that QE might be the first one to be automated by genAI.

If you do not want to do coding, explore other options of being a Analyst or program management

Software Engineer

Question should be, are you interested in that job or not

No seriously I'm not afterall development I did in college due to bad market had to settle with this

Lawyer

Hi Folks I'm graduated in 2023 from a Tier 3 College with 7LPA at a startup  I'm working here in automation but framework is company built and I'm feeling like I'm learning nothing I want to switch...

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Hi Folks I'm graduated in 2023 from a Tier 3 College with 7LPA at a startup 
I'm working here in automation but framework is company built and I'm feeling like I'm learning nothing
I want to switch to dev 
But these DSA and everything scare me I'm good to nothing
And I don't see a scope in Quality Engineering
And I have a student loan to pay of its of sum around 8 Lakhs
I want to switch to a high paying job
Because I live with my family
I pay rent 15k Sister takes care of groceries and stuff
I need high pay job but I feel I'm good to no where
What should I do please, tell me how to handle stuff
Sometimes I panic and cry alone 
Need  your suggestion please will matter a lot to me 🙏

Quality Engineer is Good or Bad

Quality Engineer is Good or Bad- Grapevine

I am a software engineer with 3 years of experience .For the first two initial years I was working as a QA in one of the good product companies with a very sorted work life balance .
I had recently switched to a BE role in a startup 
I am very much lagging behind here because of my QA background  ,the people here are very much talented and are great problem solvers .How do I reach that level ?
I have been  struggling to keep up with the pace here and finding it difficult to approach the tasks,even though i have been giving so much of time to work .
And the TL  in my team have a certain amount of expectations and hence they don't help according to that .(which i feel is fair)
How should I approach this  and level up here 
Anyone with a similar background and story please share your experience :) 
Any advice would really help

Need advice

I wannaknkw from FAANG guy.. does this life so cool jaise kuch engineer apne vlog mei bolte h in instagram.. itni achhi ghar luxury life

I am a 2024 graduate. I got a job of 8.55 lpa . I am from a tier 3 college. I regret not doing Competitive coding or open source. I was just doing leetcode questions and leetcode contest. I thought I could easily get 15 lpa job ( my bad ) . But now I want to switch from here within a year . What should I do ?

Lost in life

I'm at a service company working with ETL. I joined here during the pandemic in October 20 due to job necessity. I'm a mechanical engineer and was doing well before this and was planning masters abroad . As I'm away from mech for more than 2Y now can't start again and what I'm doing is not good either and considering growth. I earn below 30k. Even if I switch it won't make much difference. Is it all over for me? Can't make it in life anymore? I'll be 27 in a few months.

Low pay

System Engineer

"Don't judge anyone by years of experience. Judge them by their skills."

Okay, but recruiters will judge them by gender as well. Aur aapne to dono bhi (i don't consider LGTV) mention kiye hai.

And what is this new trend of ~gaslighting?

How good is this written?

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

Welcome to Confessions's Private Community

I'm a software engineer with 2 years of experience. I feel like I don't have programming acumen and can't understand things like others. I really struggle at my job and has to give extra time even weekend to perform at my job. 
I don't understand big codebase, integration services.
I feel like quitting this job and do something else but can't gather enough courage as job is paying well and paying my education loan also.

Please suggest what should I do?
How can I become better at my job and do well without feeling humiliation daily

Not able to perform

Let's talk about being highly underpaid. It's a reality many of us face, yet it's often shrouded in silence. Whether you're in a corporate job, a creative field, or any profession, feeling undervalued and underpaid can be demoralizing and unjust. It's not just about the numbers on our paycheck; it's about the recognition of our worth, our skills, and our contributions.

Too often, we find ourselves in situations where our hard work and dedication are not adequately compensated. We put in long hours, go above and beyond our job descriptions, and yet, when it comes time to discuss salaries, we're met with excuses or paltry raises that barely keep pace with inflation. It's a cycle that perpetuates feelings of frustration, resentment, and even imposter syndrome.

But here's the thing: We don't have to accept being undervalued. We can speak up, advocate for ourselves, and demand fair compensation for our efforts. It might be uncomfortable, and it might require us to challenge the status quo, but it's essential for our well-being and the integrity of our professions.

Employers need to recognize the importance of fairly compensating their employees. It's not just about the bottom line; it's about fostering a culture of respect, appreciation, and mutual benefit. When employees feel valued and adequately compensated, they're more engaged, productive, and loyal.

So, if you're feeling highly underpaid, know that you're not alone. It's a widespread issue that deserves attention and action. Whether it's through salary negotiations, seeking out better opportunities, or advocating for change within our organizations, let's stand together and demand the compensation we deserve. Because when we value ourselves, others will too.

Are you getting underpaid?! I know it sucks🤦🏻

1. Most of the time it sucks because you're comparing and that'll always take your joy. In some cases, you're not underpaid but someone else is overpaid. 
 2. When you don't have a job, you'll appreciate being a bit underpaid too. 
 3. Not all people can take the risk of standing against the organizations. 
 4. Indian labour laws suck and that's why the culture of fair compensation is just a joke. 
 P.s.: Everyone should know their 'market' value and they should always aim for the highest of the range.

Product Manager

Analyst

Hi fellow Viners 
I am new grad '23 Passout Electronics student 
Starting to Prepare for Gate Exams Electronics Stream 
Is it worth it ? I hear a lot of rumors in LinkedIn that it's not worth to do master' s
Hope any suggestions with people in that fields
Happy New year in Advance ☺️

Preparing for GATE ECE is it worth it ?

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Hello.
I am a Tier 3 second year sem4 student in Ahmedabad LJ University 
I am currently having an internship as a python developer like I write code connecting python with aws and azure
Not great work but I get 5k a month

I know MERN stack with some docker and aws knowledge 

Now I am confused as college is bringing internship but they are with 2 year bond! And the stipend offering is 5-10k which will increase every six month
I may get a MERN Stack job there 

Also as the work in current internship is not great I am also thinking if not college i find some other MERN stack internship on my own but I am in super doubt as if what if I can't find one.

What should I do
Leave my current intern for college internship with bond
Leave my current intern and try to find on my own
Continue with this internship only for more 3 months they are offering


Can everyone please help me.

Super Confused as a Student in Tier-3 college. Help Needed

So I graduated from btech this year and I currently have a job of 8.55 lpa but I want to make a switch within a year . So what should be my roadmap ? should I continue dsa + dev both or projects are enough?

How to switch

Working as a tech con at EY , fresher , MA Economics passout , currently they have assigned me a data engineering role , I am not able to understand anything about that thing. But still the team has huge expectations from me. Team change is not possible before a year. Now, should I switch or what. It's becoming very toxic and stressful for me. My mental health is really bad. 
Please suggest guys. 2 months into EY , joined in July

Huge Dilemma

Consultant

I'm a b sc graduate. I'm currently working in a company for 2.52LPA. In- hand is literally 17.2k. I completed two years in Feb 2024. Now I have 2 YOE but no proper skill, with no proper working experience. I going nowhere staying here in the current company.
Should I resign now and upskill or Should I upskill,get another offer and then resign. 
Please pour your suggestions.
Also, please tell which technology can I pick and start learning. I strongly feel like it's now or never.

Need your suggestions

Systems Architect

I work as a software engineer (Backend) at a startup ( valued over $200m). 
Most of my revolves around designing and building applications using python based frameworks (Django, flask, fast api). 
Integrating AI models to the backend, not so exciting but yeah I do.
Also, deploying them in Google cloud and setting up the cloud infrastructure. 
Occasionally I do write load testing scripts using Gatling.
At times I feel like I'm not doing any deep tech work and I'm bored. Most of the days I have zero motivation to do anything. 

How's the life of people doing deep tech at work?
What am I missing? What should I focus on?
I wonder if I'm underpaid at times (18 lpa) (exp - 4yrs).

How should I move forward with regards to my career?

Feeling like I'm stuck

I have over 1.5 years of experience and and my current CTC is 7.75 LPA in a product based startup. Is it worth to switch for 10LPA or should I wait for another offer.
I have had enough of negotiations and they can’t go beyond 10LPA.
I’m decent at DSA and solved arround 500 problems on Leetcode.

Is it worth to switch? Please help

Hi Everyone,
I'm trying for a job in bangalore for over 6 months now, was suffering from anxiety attacks so started taking medicine. People laid off way later than me have started with their new jobs and are happy yet I'm still struggling here looking for a job, they are getting hikes and I'm just looking to get hired.
Is it time that I should give up engineering and pursue other domains??
Because Engineering used to excite me and how my luck has treated me and how much unnecessary problems I'm facing, I'm doubting if I should give up now.

I want to know the honest opinion. I ve been upskilling and coding , but not getting any interview

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17QsEHqFySTsYyu7ML_sNpykeWuHNFsPk/view?usp=sharing

my resume

When should I give up Software Engineering

Hi Grapeviners,
I would like to hear some suggestions on what should I do next.
I am an non-IT engineering graduate, got into an MNC (witch) for 3.5LPA, was onboarded for a support role after clearing all mandatory  trainings and tests, where majority of my work revolves around filling Excel sheets and scheduling support calls.
After a lots of struggle I was relieved from that project(after 1year 5 months). After that I joined a python automation script development team

My current python team is going very well, i get to dirty my hands with code in python.
It's been 6months in python team. Over all 2years spend in same company, when I try to switch for other company, I feel like I'm no where close to their requirements, my only skill is python application automation using respective modules, with months of experience.

Most of the roles I see are having different different combinations of tools and technologies. 

I also know medium level DSA.

Please suggest what should I do so that I can switch companies.

What should I do after being in support role?

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

Hello guys, I did alot of DSA in my college time (Tier 3 college), I got the highest marks in my DSA sem exams in my class and my professor was impressed with me, I gave leetcode contests, learned DSA from YT and so on. 

I got placed in a decent company with a 7.5 LPA package (while my best friend, who hardly knew DSA got a SDET role in a startup with 40 LPA), now after 2 years my pacakge is 10 LPA, I want to switch to a better company with good pay, I restarted practising DSA again but everytime I get stuck in some question and not able to solve it, it feels like I am wasting my time.

While in my job, I learned Angular, TypeScript and frontend dev (which interests me more than DSA, but I am too lazy to make my own side projects)

what should I do? should I stick on to DSA even though sometimes I just feel like I am wasting my time solving some random question which doesn’t justify anything about me? or beat my laziness and make some side projects with the frontend skills that I have?

any advice would help me. Thanks in advance.

I feel lost

I did my graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi Technological University. Worked my ass off during covid lockdown to grab a Software developer job. Number of hours spent on DSA and development for straight 3 years. 

I was able to grab a decent package being from mechanical background. Currently i am working in Accenture as a software developer -> Java full stack developer + Angular (12LPA ctc, 9 Base)

I want to work in a product based company which has better opportunities for me because i feel there is very limited opportunities in accenture and somehow people do not encourage to go for them at all. 

I need guidance on which companies should i be looking for great opportunities, great tech stack, with good management. Salary is never a obstacle for me. I am just looking for growth at this point of time in my career. Currently i am back to DSA again for interview preps.

Referrals are also well appreciated.

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