What are the career development directions of software testers?

For technicians, career development is generally divided into two directions: doing technology and management.

Newcomers who have just entered the software testing industry will start with the most basic technical realization, and then use case design, which is equivalent to basic functional testing.

Subsequently, everyone will further refine according to their personal career development, and some will choose the management route to become supervisors, project leaders and managers; Some go deep into test case design and continue advanced functional testing; Some develop technology, specializing in performance testing, safety testing, automation testing, etc.

If you want to go deep into the technical field.

Generally, it can be subdivided into two categories: one is functional testing, which is the bit-by-bit testing and black box testing that everyone is familiar with. This kind of work does not need much programming experience, as long as you can understand the code; The other is automated testing, including functional automation and performance automation. This kind of work requires high code ability and is usually called test development engineer.

In fact, no matter which direction you develop, you need to keep learning, new technology and new knowledge. Especially in the IT industry.