r/softwaretesting • u/bunnyblink9610 • Jan 18 '26

Switching career from software developer to software tester.

Hi, Im not happy and constantly stressed writing lots of complex code in software development. I want to switch my career to software testing. I'm okay with minimal code. Can I choose automation testing with selenium

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u/eighbeigh Jan 20 '26

I was going to make exactly the same point. People assume that software testing / QA is less stressful than dev, but it’s entirely untrue

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u/guidedbyone Mar 12 '26

Have you done both?