Software testing is the process of operating a program under specified conditions to detect program errors, measure software quality, and evaluate whether it can meet design requirements. Therefore, whether a software can be successfully known, approved, or even sought by the software will ultimately be tested by software test engineers.
What's different from other industries' fierce competition is that software test engineers are not known to most people in China. Therefore, there are still major vacancies in terms of talents. Software engineers can be described as the most indispensable IT talents in China. Therefore, for many friends who can't find a job, software test engineers are a good choice. Engaging in the software test engineer industry has great advantages. Here we take a look at the eight major advantages of software test engineer employment and how to become a good software engineer.
Advantage 1:
At present, of the 1.2 million software professionals in China, no more than 50,000 people are actually able to take software testing jobs. The talent gap has reached 200,000 and has been expanding year by year.
Advantage two:
Due to the particularity of the work, testers not only need to test the quality of the software, but also involve the establishment, management, pre-sale and after-sale of software projects.
Advantage three:
The software testers who join the industry are starting monthly salary of about 3000-5000 yuan, which is much higher than their peers' salary level of 1,000-2,000 yuan, and they can also enjoy paid annual leave and other benefits.
Advantage four:
A software test engineer not only has a high starting salary, but also has a relatively large salary increase. Xiao Rui, an experienced software testing expert in China, pointed out that this is caused by the special nature of software testing.
Advantage 5:
Software test engineers are basically in the "double high" status, but at present there are few colleges and universities set up software testing professional, leading to a large demand but no talent.
Advantage six:
Software testing is a check on quality, including technical and management work. The work is relatively stable and there is no limit on age.
Advantage seven:
The biggest advantage should be that the employment competition is small. On the one hand, due to the intensification of market competition, software companies pay more and more attention to the quality of software.
Advantage eight:
Because of the special work, software testers tend to prefer serious, patient, meticulous, sensitive, and other individual elements, and this is in part consistent with the individual temperament of women.
Software test engineers have so many advantages in employment, then how to become a good software test engineer? What kind of ability and quality do you need? Take a look.
How to become a good software test engineerExcellent software test engineer necessary skills
1, good technical ability
2, good communication
3, rigorous thinking
4, good at analysis and induction
5. Promote and follow up
6, acuity and the overall situation
The basic quality of software test engineer
(1) Computer professional skills
The professional skills in the computer field are a necessary quality for test engineers and a prerequisite for good test work. Although people without any IT background can also do the testing work, but a test engineer who wants to have greater development space and lasting competitiveness, computer expertise is essential. Computer professional skills mainly include three aspects:
l, test professional skills:
Now software testing has become a very promising profession. To become a good test engineer, you should first have a solid professional foundation, which is also one of the goals of this book. Therefore, test engineers should strive to learn test expertise, bid farewell to simple “click†tests, and rely on their own expertise.
The scope of testing expertise covers a wide range of topics: basic testing techniques such as black box testing, white box testing, and test case design, as well as testing methods such as unit testing, functional testing, integration testing, system testing, and performance testing. Test flow management, defect management, automated test technology and other knowledge.
2, software programming skills:
"Testers need to be programmed?" is one of the most frequently asked questions by testers. In fact, because the treatment of developers in China is generally higher than that of testers, almost all of them are able to write code to do development. Many people are forced to do test work because they cannot do development or cannot do other work. The end result is that many testers can only perform relatively simple functional tests, while those with stronger capabilities can use test tools to perform simple automated tests (mainly recording, modifying, and playing back test scripts).
Software programming skills should actually be one of the necessary skills for testers. At Microsoft, many testers have many years of development experience. Therefore, testers must be able to write programs for better career development. Only the ability to write programs can be used to perform difficult testing tasks such as unit testing, integration testing, and performance testing.
In addition, the programming skills required of software testers are also different from those of developers: Programs written by testers should aim at correct operation and at the same time take into account high efficiency, especially in the writing of test codes related to performance testing. Therefore, testers must have certain algorithm design capabilities. According to the author's experience, test engineers should at least master a language such as Java, C#, C++, and corresponding development tools.
3, network, operating system, database, middleware and other knowledge:
Compared with developers, the knowledge possessed by testers has the characteristics of “better than perfectionâ€. “Artistic and non-compressive†is a very vivid metaphor. Because testing often requires configuration and debugging of various test environments, but also in the performance testing of various system platforms for analysis and tuning, so testers need to master more network, operating system, database and other knowledge.
On the network side, testers should master the basic network protocols and working principles of the network, especially the configuration of some network environments. These are the knowledge often encountered in the test work.
In terms of operating systems and middleware, you should master basic usage, installation, and configuration. For example, many application systems are based on Unix and Linux. This requires testers to master basic operating commands and related tool software. The installation and configuration of middleware such as WebLogic and Websphere also need to be mastered.
Database knowledge is more about mastering skills. Today's application systems are almost inseparable from databases. Therefore, we must not only master the basic installation and configuration, but also master SQL. At a minimum, testers should master the use of common databases such as Mysql, MSSqlserver, and Oracle.
As a tester, although you cannot master all the knowledge, if you want to do a good job of testing, you should learn as much as possible about the test work-related knowledge.
(2) Industry knowledge
The industry mainly refers to the industries in which testers are involved. For example, many IT companies are engaged in product development in the fields of petroleum, telecommunications, banking, e-government, and e-commerce. Industry knowledge, that is, business knowledge, is another precondition for testers to do a good job of testing. Only by thoroughly understanding the product's business process, can we judge whether the product functions implemented by developers are correct.
In many cases, the software does not run abnormally, but its functionality may not be correct. Only by mastering relevant industry knowledge can we determine whether the business needs of users have been achieved.
There is a certain relationship between industry knowledge and work experience. Accumulation can be accomplished through time.
(3) Personal literacy
As a good test engineer, you must first be interested in the test work: test work is often boring, so it's easier to do test work. Therefore, in addition to having previous professional skills and industry knowledge, testers should have some basic personal qualities, namely the following "five hearts."
Concentrate: Mainly refers to testers who must concentrate on performing test tasks. Experience has shown that a high degree of concentration can not only improve efficiency, but also discover more software defects. The best performers are those who are most focused on the team.
Careful: Mainly refers to the careful execution of the test work, careful implementation of the test, can not ignore some of the details. Certain flaws are hard to find if they are not careful, such as the style, text, etc. of some interfaces.
Patience: Many test jobs are sometimes very boring and require a lot of patience to do a good job. If you are more impetuous, you will not be "concentrate" and "careful", which will allow many software defects to escape from your eyes.
Responsibility: Responsibility is one of the qualities necessary to do a good job, and test engineers should carry it forward. If the test does not fulfill its responsibilities, or even perfunctory, this will give the test to the user to complete, it may cause very serious consequences.
Self-confidence: Self-confidence is a quality that most test engineers lack nowadays, especially in the face of the need to write test code, etc., often consider themselves unable to do so. To achieve better career development, test engineers should work hard to establish confidence in "solving all test problems."
"Five Hearts" is just the basic requirement for doing a good job of testing, and testers should have many qualities. For example, testers must not only have team spirit, but should also learn tolerant people, learn to understand "developers", and at the same time respect the developer's labor achievements - the products developed.
Xiaobian suggestions
1, read a test book every six months (now test books are also more, although many are copying the West, the ability to read English original, translated basically can not fully understand the author's thoughts, foreigners Test development is decades ahead of my door.)
2. Learn a test technology every half year (IT industry changes quickly, test technology is also the same, every year new test technology appears, do not want everyone to master every emerging technology, only hope that each tester The industry I am engaged in should be fully understood and familiar, because in the projects you are testing now and in the future, you have to choose the most suitable and most effective test technology for this project. If you do not even know the selected target, then you have a choice. What else is appropriate?
3. Learn an IT technology every half year (The IT technology here should be wider, and testers should learn more. If you do performance testing, you need to understand the operating system. You need to understand the software architecture. You need to To understand low-level implementation, you need to understand the middleware. You need to understand the database. You need to understand their configuration and implementation. You also need to understand the hardware, understand the network, understand the memory management mechanism, understand the principle of disk I/O, etc.)
4, to learn to think (testers should learn to think before the test, thinking in the test, thinking after the test, the results of thinking to be recorded, no one can say he is a genius, you can remember all things. Then do it and verify it. If it is not, then return to rethink and do it again. Only then will you do better.)
5, we must pay attention to the test design (a developer had said that he is proficient in JAVA, proficient in C, and I said to him, it gives you 10 or 20 years, you use your proficient JAVA to write an operation that can replace WINDOWS He never said this because he knew that even if he gave him a lifetime, it would be a dream for him too. If it is not a test, if your test technology is high, you can't test it better. You should take test design seriously. This is The key to the test.)
6, and more exchanges with peers (in a closed circle, or in a company, you think you are a master of the test, when one day you walk out of this closed circle, you only discovered that there is a day, perhaps tied you a The problem of the month Some words that test the understatement of colleagues can be solved for you. Tests are interlinked, the test ideology is even more connected, and more to do some comparisons before they can see their own deficiencies.)
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