Nowadays, software testing is getting more and more attention from enterprises, and many people are also involved in software testing. The team of software test engineers is getting bigger and bigger. But some time ago, I saw a survey report on the testing industry. The report pointed out that "the current testing practitioners will not exceed 50,000, the qualified testers will not exceed 30,000, and those who have worked for more than 5 years will not exceed 10,000." So how to become a qualified software test engineer? This is a question that many people are more concerned about, especially rookies who are new to this industry want to know the answer to this question.
How to become a qualified software test engineer?
1. The skill list of software test engineers is as follows
Counted from the software testing recruitment information of 2000 well-known companies.
2. Ability to think in reverse
I once met a software testing engineer, and after doing some testing work, I returned to do development work. Ask him why, and his answer is that software testing is too difficult. Development is forward thinking, and software testing is reverse thinking. We always find some weird ways to operate software. Software users are very different, and the various phenomena encountered during the use of the software are also different, so software test engineers are required to have some reverse thinking capabilities. Think what others don't want and test what others don't, so that you can find more deep-seated bugs in the software. This is the most basic quality of an excellent software test engineer (in fact, development engineers should also have the ability to reverse thinking, put some necessary defensive statements in the code to deal with various error conditions, in order to make the software more Good fault tolerance).
3. Have keen insight and perseverance
Software test engineers should be good at discovering problems, and be willing to delve into it, and have the spirit of breaking the casserole to the end. For a bug that happened once by accident, we must find out the reason, and we must be determined to never give up until we find the root of the problem. In this case, it may be a very serious or easily overlooked problem. Carefulness, patience, and confidence are the basic qualities of a software test engineer.
4. Ability to think divergently
Software test engineers need to think about problems from multiple angles, think of various methods and possibilities, and simulate the use of different users from various angles.
5. Good at communicating with software development engineers
Communication is one of the key skills that need to be mastered in today's software projects. Software testing engineers should be good at communicating with software development engineers. A good relationship between software test engineers and software development engineers prevents software test engineers from becoming the thorns of software development engineers-this is very important for improving the quality of the entire software project.
The content of communication mainly includes the following 4 aspects:
①Discuss the requirements and design of the software
Through communication, you can better understand the tested software product, so as to minimize the number of "defects" that are not tested during the testing process, thereby reducing the pressure on the software development engineer and the delay to the project.
②Report good software test results
As a software test engineer, finding errors is often the thing that software test engineers are most willing and proud of. However, blindly reporting software errors to development engineers will disgust them and reduce the quality of the entire software and the development progress. Therefore, as an excellent software test engineer, when you have tested a module and there are no serious errors or few errors, you might as well go to the development engineer to tell them the good news, which can deepen the software test engineer and software development Friendship between engineers.
③Not only to report defects, but also to learn how to help software development engineers locate defects
As an excellent software test engineer, finding as many defects as possible is the most basic requirement. In addition to this skill, if the software test engineer can analyze the product log and other methods, help the software development engineer to accurately locate and quickly solve the problem. In this way, the relationship between software development engineers and software testing engineers will become harmonious, and software development engineers will also think that software testing engineers are their assistants, not the people who trouble them. In this way, the skills of software test engineers have also been improved.
④ Discuss something that has nothing to do with work
Software test engineers often discuss things that are not related to work, such as news, fun, and family, with software development engineers. This can strengthen the degree of mutual understanding. Many statistics show that this can better improve the quality of the software.
6. Good at communicating with leaders
Software test engineers are often the eyes and ears of leaders. According to the software test results of the software test engineer, the leader can understand the company's product quality and make the right decision. Leadership work is generally busy, so software test engineers should learn to summarize the software test results, preferably in the form of graphs to show the leader, so that the leader can understand the quality of the software in the first time.
7. Master some automated software testing tools and scripts
Software testing is relatively tedious and boring work. Long-term repetitive manual work by software testing engineers will reduce the efficiency of software testing and also affect the quality of software testing. Moreover, software testing is not feasible without using testing tools, such as performance testing. At present, there are many software testing tools to choose from on the market, and companies or individuals can choose some software testing tools to assist software testing according to their needs. In addition, there are many automation tools that require software test engineers to develop some code by themselves, so it is also very important to have certain automated test development capabilities. However, it is important to remember that it does not mean that if you have a software testing tool, you should not manually test the software. Software testing tools are not omnipotent.
8. Good at learning
Software testing technology is also being updated over time. Software testing engineers should be good at using books, websites, forums, and communication to continuously improve their knowledge in various aspects, including business knowledge, software testing knowledge, and computer expertise.
9. Improve your expressive skills
When a software test engineer finds a defect in the software, he must write a defect report. Defect reports should be written in detail and clearly so that software development engineers can locate and correct errors as quickly as possible. Therefore, it is very necessary for software test engineers to improve their writing ability.
10. Understand business knowledge
It is important to better understand the business knowledge of the software being tested. The deeper you understand your business knowledge, the more professional, critical, and hidden errors you can find. Therefore, software test engineers need to learn more from experts and peers in this field to improve their own business knowledge level. It is relatively difficult to learn business knowledge, so software test engineers must be psychologically prepared in this regard.
11. Cultivate interest in software testing
"interest is the best teacher". For any job, only if you are full of interest, will you invest more energy and time, and achieve the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
12. Pursue perfection
For an excellent software test engineer, strive for perfection as much as possible and achieve the ultimate goal. Although there are some things that cannot be done perfectly, they should also be tried.
Based on the above 12 points, as shown in the figure.
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