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The Future of QA Engineering
13.1OverviewIf you have read through every career level in this chapter, you have noticed a trajectory. At each level, the QA engineer's focus shifts…13.2From Test Executor to Quality Systems EngineerThe role of "QA engineer" in 2020 was primarily about writing and running tests. The emerging role of "quality systems engineer" is about…13.3Skills Trajectory13.4What Stays the SameSoftware will always have bugs. Humans will always make mistakes. Systems will always have unexpected interactions. The need for someone…13.5Testing Is a Career of Increasing LeverageThe less you test, the more impact you have. This is not a paradox. It is the natural arc of every engineering career. The end goal is not…13.6Key Takeaways- QA is evolving from a test execution discipline into a quality systems discipline - The most valuable QA skills going forward are systems…