Tableflip deal with it3/1/2023 ![]() In particular this is for women and members of all marginalized groups in testing who have likely ended up in the field due, in some part, to cultural bias. This post is for testers who see that their reach could extend beyond testing into more areas of tech. If you are one of those people, have fun with that. In saying that, I understand that I’ll get 5 people telling me how they never want to code and love testing so much. I hope that every tester no matter how long they have been in testing or how old they are considers whether they want, at some point, to try being a developer. Transitioning out of this has been a difficult, rebellious, empowering act also known in this year of 2015 as a tableflip.Ī friend of mine who recently made a similar switch had this observation about it: I’ve now decided that the software testing career path is not so much about falling as it is about being squeezed into a corner and kept there. We’re told that our work is just as valued and necessary even though the pay is much smaller and prove it again bias means we will have to prove that we have skills over and over. Here’s another perspective on this phenomenon of testing being more diverse: tech has pushed women of all races and people of color of all genders into non-developer roles telling us that it’s because of skills, smarts or that our brains work differently. Something else you will notice at software testing conferences is the long lines for the women’s bathroom or that people in testing talk about how it’s actually one of the more diverse areas of tech. I’ve noticed that, often, the testers who shout the loudest about staying in testing forever have carved out their own place in the power structure of the software testing industry. If you go to a testing conference you’ll find people talking about how you can stay in testing forever and how it is a great career path. Today, I consider testing (along with support) as the space I’ve been allowed to occupy in the power structure of tech. ![]() Nevermind that I kept having to prove my technical knowledge over and over again, once as a tester and additionally, as a woman. ![]() ![]() As someone who has found success as a software tester, I’ve long counted myself as one of the many people who “fell into testing.” I told myself over and over that I was content to be a “technical tester” and restrict my coding habits to testing scripts, test automation frameworks and tools. ![]()
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