Software Testing Entrance Exam

Hi Akash,
Best would be to continue with your pg degree after BSc.(IT). You can go for MSc.(IT) or MCA after BSc. Most of the companies these days are having web based projects. Therefore the skills required are knowledge of Java, Oracle, VB.Net, Asp.Net, C#, XML etc. Normally these subjects are covered as part of the BSc. syllabus, but are not covered extensively. So best would be to join these course separately from a private institute like NIIT, STG, Aptech etc. and at the same time clear their certifications too. A SUN certified Java programmer is given more value than a Java expert, who is not certified. Similarly target clearing Microsoft certifications too. All this additional knowledge will help you in getting a good job break.
Hence a software testing profile will be more profitable.
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Hi,
When any project begins - both software development and testing teams get involved from day 1. While the actual job of software developers begins much later, software testing teams usually begins right at the time of verifying the specification documents and continues throughout the life cycle of the project. It'd not be wrong to say that software testing teams often have a better knowledge of the overall functioning of the software systems they are working on.
Software development, is one of the most crucial parts because without it, nothing gets 'developed'. Project manager or team lead will assign specific modules to you which you will have to code according to the specifications finalized by the software testing & business development teams. Every module developed by the developers is checked by the testing team and approved.
Skill Set Requirements:
For Developers: The developer skill set will be determined by the nature of the project and the technology stack decided by the software architects (much senior position in the organisation). If the architects decide that a combo of Java, C, Ruby, Python would be used in the project then accordingly developers will be selected who are trained on these technologies.
For Test Engineers: They require entirely different skill set which could be a mix of Java, C, Ruby, Python along with software manual and automation tools along with scripting languages. There are several automation tools that require programming knowledge. It's a myth that software testing engineers do not write code. Given the complexity of the project a software testing engineer might end up writing more complex code than his developer counterpart. The point to be understood is that - both development and testing jobs require you to have programming knowledge.
Career Growth:
Software testing and development engineers have unique growth paths with similarities. Software developers may get promoted to module lead, team lead, project lead, project manager and so on depending on the company's hierarchy.
A software testing engineer will have a similar path where he/she will become team lead, project lead, project manager, test architect etc. It's a myth that there are no or little growth opportunities in software testing career.
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Hi,
Software Quality Testing course provides a highly practical bottom-up introduction to software testing and quality assurance. Every organization delegates testing and high-level quality assurance activities in a different way. This course provides a broad view of both quality assurance and testing so that participants will have a broad awareness of many of the activities that contribute to managing the quality of a software product.
Over the last one decade the profile of software tester has undergone tremendous changes. Testing has become show-stopper for several application/product implementations. Of late, testing is looked after as a good professional career for many of the aspiring youths.
Beginning from test engineer one can move to senior test engineer, test lead to test manager; else can become QA lead, QA Manager. The options available in the testing tools side are enormous. There are numbers of functional, performance, security testing tools besides test management tools like Quality Center from HP, CQTM from IBM etc.
Also refer-
https://www.shiksha.com/software-testing-article-4612-1
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