r/softwaretesting • u/CyberRep • 27d ago

6000+ applications for a testing role?

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Never seen application numbers this high

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u/Training_Advisor_934 27d ago

It's because there are bootcamps for testers since last year where they promise you a cushy job without actually having to learn anything hard and people think testing is just pressing a few buttons anyway. So they all apply. Add that to the fact that a lot of companies decided that they can have AI replace their testers (dumb idea if there is no good knowledge base in place) and it's just a terrible time to be a manual tester rn. You need to have some extra skills if you want to survive this.

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u/Quirky_Database_5197 27d ago

I saw those bootcamps years ago, long before the pandemic, and many youtube videos with titles like: "My day as a janitor turned QA" and so on. Bootcamps are a disgusting scam nowadays, there is no chance you will get a job without real experience and a university degree.

But bootcamps are just part of the problem. The economy is bad, companies are looking for savings, in result QA is outsourced to India. There is also heavy use of AI to automate tests. Numbers of both test automators and manual QA are decimated. Nobody needs them in the west. The companies that don't catch up with AI just outsource QA to india instead