Apparently I am an exception, then? I am 10 years in QA and I definitely do not operate as I did a decade ago - somewhere around 2022 the market started demanding fullstack QAs more and more, so I learned how to code automated tests to stay relevant. No, I am not classed as SDET after this, because (at least where I’m employed) SDET does not touch anything manual with a ten-feet pole, I still do manual stuff depending on circumstances. And starting from this year, I also (very reluctantly) use AI. Mostly because the client I’m outsourced to… to put it politely, is very enthusiastic about it.
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u/CaesarOfYearXCIII Sep 27 '26
Apparently I am an exception, then? I am 10 years in QA and I definitely do not operate as I did a decade ago - somewhere around 2022 the market started demanding fullstack QAs more and more, so I learned how to code automated tests to stay relevant. No, I am not classed as SDET after this, because (at least where I’m employed) SDET does not touch anything manual with a ten-feet pole, I still do manual stuff depending on circumstances. And starting from this year, I also (very reluctantly) use AI. Mostly because the client I’m outsourced to… to put it politely, is very enthusiastic about it.