Manual Tester in Demand

A quality deliverable is not possible without performing testing hence it is a never-fading job in IT. It is good for entry-level players not for old-timers. Moving from manual to automation would be a wise decision for those who have more than 3 years of experience in software testing. API & Web services testing, DDT (DataDriven testing), mobile application & A/B testing have more scope. Also, focusing on relevant testing tools are also equally important.

Manual testing is full on-demand even automation

There are more manual testers in demand for the IT industry than ever before but for quality analysts- not just testers.

We are the people who understand the business side of things and technical aspects as well. We play a vital role right from the beginning until the end of the project going live.

What we are?

Manual testers simulate all steps of a user journey and check that users see exactly what they need to see and that an application sends and processes requests as it is supposed to.

Advantage:

• User ViewPoint: Human eyes can spot such issues as inconvenient workflows and text alignment, design, fonts, sizes, unclear error messages, etc.
• Extensibility. : Manual test Engineers have the freedom to employ creativity and question things that were not prescripted.
• Adjustability: Manual test Engineers can verify new features or any changes in design without special preparation.

Extra benefit

Manual Testing Vs Automated Testing

1.

Manual testing is not accurate at all times due to human error, hence it is less reliable.

Automated testing is more reliable, as it is performed by tools and/or scripts.

2.

Manual testing is time-consuming, taking up human resources.

Automated testing is executed by software tools, so it is significantly faster than a manual approach.

3

Investment is required for human resources.

Investment is required for testing tools.

4

Manual testing is only practical when the test cases are run once or twice, and frequent repetition is not required.

Automated testing is a practical option when the test cases are run repeatedly over a long time period.

5

Manual testing allows for human
observation, which may be more useful if
the goal is user-friendliness or improved customer experience.

Automated testing does not entail human observation and cannot guarantee user-friendliness or positive customer experience.

Manual testing is most often used with the following types of testing:

• Exploratory testing.
• Ad hoc testing.
• Usability testing.
• Functional testing with frequent changes.
• Low-volume regression testing.
• Hotfix testing.

Manual testing is better suited for small projects with few tests or a strong emphasis on UX/UI and complicated user scenarios.

• Analysis of requirements and understand the business or technical value of it
• Understanding what business is expecting out of it and capturing all possible scenarios(including edge cases which product owners usually ignore and become costlier bugs later)
• A vital role in defining the scope of change helping everyone in the team come on same page
• Technical testing (you don’t have to understand coding. Instead ask developers to explain the approach or flow diagrams of implementation). This has always played a key role in my career. Not only helps in finding bugs but also planning our tests better. Please note that this is way different to reviews that developers do
• Of course manual testing but more of exploratory, ad-hoc testing that would surprise team with the kind of bugs that it digs (Some times missing scenarios in planning)
• Debugging the bugs that are found. Able to report bugs with as much information as possible to developers and if possible to the right team (with multiple teams possibly working on bits of it)
• Helping automation teams by writing cucumber files (don’t have to know java for this) and prioritizing them
• Demos and sometimes helping business accepting tests .
• Improving the processes. Prioritizing tests, …..
• Non-functional aspects of testing (Not just load but performance, security, down-time)

Here are 5 reasons why these assumptions are incorrect:

1. Importance
Testing and development can’t be separated from each other.
Each written code must be reviewed for quality and with no team existence;

The fact here is that both software testing and software development teams are similarly critical.
It’s not true that a software tester is somewhat of a ‘lower’ rank employee than a software Engineer.

2. Responsibility
The software testing and developing team both get included to work in sync from day one.

3. Creativity
All developed mobile apps are required to run on all mobile versions.
So, Tester can show creativity in finding the bugs based on the version and improve the quality.

4. Salary Range
Microsoft and Google, give even a higher compensation to the software testers instead of software developers.

however in one line: It is not possible in Manual Testing. You have to learn Automation Testing to earn more than developers. The automation tester is Half Developer and Half Tester.

5. Challenging Job
Testing is not simple, there are regular puzzles and issues to solve. The software testing profession will possibly bring something different daily.
If you like a profession where you don’t need to think a lot then don’t seek a career in the software testing industry. However, in case you prefer a profession that keeps you on your toes, anybody will direct you towards a software testing job as a really good choice.

6. Great Future
Many technologies like AI, IoT, and Machine Learning, test engineers will help here to grow it.

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