In our daily life, there are a lot of software products such as APP and smart devices. Take this epidemic as an example. The reason why live teaching can be used as a new teaching method to be popularized in the daily teaching of universities, middle schools and primary schools is precisely because the quality of domestic software has been greatly improved, which can fully meet our daily needs. This is enough to prove that the software industry is developing rapidly.
The IT industry, as one of the industries with the highest average salary, has become the industry of choice for many job seekers. Among them, software testing, as an industry with lower barriers to entry and a higher success rate in transition, has become the first choice for many newcomers in the zero-based workplace.
So, what is the outlook for the software testing industry? What kind of person is suitable for learning software testing? Today, we will discuss this topic together.
1. What is software testing?
Before talking about the employment prospects of software testing, first of all, we need to know what is software testing.
Software testing is to use testing tools to conduct comprehensive testing on products in accordance with testing plans and procedures . And according to the actual needs, write different test tools, design and maintain the test system, and analyze and evaluate the possible problems of the test plan.
To put it bluntly, it is the main job of a software test engineer to find hidden bugs in the software through technical means. By correcting bugs in the software, the quality of the software is further improved.
2. Who is suitable for study?
So, who are suitable for learning software testing?
The editor believes that both boys and girls, as long as they have the following characteristics, can successfully switch to software testing.
1) Graduates and professionals with college degree or above;
2) People who have a certain degree of self-control and the ability to summarize and summarize;
3) People who are willing to spend time on learning new knowledge.
3. What are the employment "money" scenes and work directions?
According to statistics, the salary of software testers can reach 6000 to 15000 yuan per month. After one to two years of work, most of them have a monthly salary of 9000 to 20000 yuan . It can be said that the salary level of software testing is higher than other IT positions.
According to different employment directions, it can be divided into technical posts and management posts. At the same time, the salary levels of different positions are not the same. The following are some specific salary reference data:
Test leader:
Generally, a team of less than 5 people can undertake 2-3 small projects (program code less than 5000 lines) or 1 medium and large project (program code is about 5000 lines-25000 lines). In first-tier cities, the starting salary for this position is generally above 8k, and those with more than 5 years of experience can reach above 20K.
Test manager:
Can manage multiple small test teams, be able to undertake the testing of multiple medium and larger projects, and have the test management ability of at least 1 large project (program code above 25,000 lines). The starting salary for this position is generally 10k+. Under normal circumstances, the annual salary exceeds 300,000.
project manager:
Step out of test execution and focus on the process. SQA treatment is quite different, but for practitioners with more than 2 years of testing or development experience, the starting salary is above 9K, and the general monthly salary is more than 10,000.
4. How to get software testing professional skills?
For many small partners, how to quickly master a professional skill is nothing more than these two ways:
The first type: self-study . The advantages of self-study are flexible time and free content setting. We can make good use of our fragmented time to supplement our own deficiencies according to our actual situation; the disadvantage is that the scattered time makes it difficult to learn the knowledge of the system, the practical operation is difficult, and the understanding is difficult.
The second type: report to class for study . The advantage of class registration is that the knowledge system framework is clear and the content is convenient to operate. The main disadvantage is the need to concentrate time on learning in the short term.
However, which of these two methods is better?
The editor thinks: Everyone still has to analyze the specific situation according to their actual situation. For students who have a certain foundation, have plenty of time, and have good learning habits, they can complete the transition through self-study; for those who have zero foundation and want to shorten the time cost of transition, they can apply for class to learn and quickly master software testing. Professional knowledge.
Write at the end
2021 is a new beginning, but it also gives us a good time for self-study. No matter what your flag is this year, just make good use of this special self-study time to make this year a perfect start.
The editor also prepared a software testing learning resource, I hope it will be helpful to you who are self-taught software testing. 
Follow the WeChat public account [Programmer Erhei] to get it.
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