Web dev

I have 7 years of experience as a manual tester. In terms of my coding knowledge I'd rate myself 2/10. I'm married with a daughter who will be turning 1 very soon. Considering the inflation and increased cost of living, I think my CTC is pretty average. A developer having 2-3 yoe generally earns the same or more than I do. All my friends are earning shit ton of money and I feel like I can't compete with them. I don't have to compromise on anything if I want it or need it but I know I can't live a lavish life with what I earn currently. Here are some questions that come into my mind: 1. Should I switch from testing to development? 2. How much growth can I expect just being in testing? 3. If I were to make a switch to development, what tools, language should I aim for(considering my coding is really poor)

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.

Hey Devs, I’m currently working on low-code tools and earning 27L/year with 6 years of experience. I’d like to switch to development because I don’t want to stick with low-code tools. Started learning JS, React, NodeJS and other tools such as Docker, K8s and NoSQL stuff as addon. Is it a right path or do I need to start with something else? I have also started building small AI stuff with help of HiggingFace and LangChain. This is just to stay upto date with current trends.

I have made 7 switches in 8yrs as a web developer and feel like switching again. Should I switch?

Hey everyone, I've been working in application security for a year now primarily doing pentesting.While.its been a great learning experience,I'm finding the work becoming repetitive and I'm starting to get bored. I'm considering making a switch to software development,as I have a solid grasp of programming. My question to you all is Do you think companies will take a chance on me with background in application security but a strong passion and good understanding of software development?

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

So I kinda hate my life rn. Didn’t get good placement currently working in big 4 and wlb is shit. Thinking of doing MS in business analytics from abroad. Is it a good idea?

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

Hey everyone, So, I'm currently a Test Engineer/Test Lead and have around 10 years of total IT experience (mix of Mainframes Application Development/Technical Business Analysis/QA), and my boss recently asked if I'm up for switching to development. One of our company's new product is built on Django, and they need someone who is good with Python and JavaScript. I'm not exactly starting from scratch, but I've never really done web development in a professional setting. Anyway, I have a few months to get up to speed. 1. Any suggestions on Django, Python, and JavaScript online courses or tutorials to get a deep understanding? I have already done a lot of tutorials earlier and know the basics. Also, not sure if it's worth doing it again. 2. Any cool projects that I should do to get the hang of these languages? 3. If any of you have switched from testing to development, what were the big challenges you faced? How did you deal with them? 4. Any tips on how to speed up this learning process? I would really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

[TLDR: Should I start learning web3 stuff and ditch the Android path, please read my 3 questions below(at the bottom) to answer my doubts ] I am currently a 2nd year student in 3rd semester, in my 1st year I explored a bunch of domains like web development, front-end stuff, cyber security like Metasploit, app development, cloud(Aws) I decided to stick to app development and learned Flutter and in 4 months of learning and side-by-side project building I landed my first remote internship(India only) and it will end this coming November around the 10th or so, I have figured out I don't like the front end at all and now I don't see myself as an app dev because I don't enjoy working on this I am thinking of switching to web3 tech stack which has things like working on eth, and Solana blockchains etc., this field piques my interest on a philosophical level which is one my prime motivators for all the actions I take related to my career besides money Here are my questions (senior people also please bestow me your wisdom) 1) I learned Flutter which is relatively easy to other frameworks in 4 months and got an internship, is my speed good? I was a commerce student in school with basically no coding knowledge before college and I have heard you need to adapt fast, do you think this is good enough or I should improve in this area 2) Should I start learning web3 and ditch the app dev path, I am thinking of committing to web3 for these 2 coming years because I will graduate in 2026, and my college has no placement, I have learned solidity for now. 3) If I stick to web3 for a few years and become proficient at it, will it affect the money in my career because by 2 years I will have huge family responsibilities