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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hacker school PP here.

You'll notice that some posters will refer to having degrees in "IT" or having the "IT" department [b]outsourced. No respectable tech firm puts testing in the IT department[/b] - that's for buying monitors and replacing keyboards when they break.

You want a job in "computer science" or "software engineering," these are the jobs that are on the rise and will never be outsourced. Be careful of the advice you're getting and be wary of ops people bemoaning the end of software when in reality it's because they [b]don't have the skills to compete[/b]. [/quote]

Bullcrap! How many years of experience do you have?

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Not sure why years of experience matter. You can have 20 years of experience in software, but really only the last 3-5 matter since frameworks and best practices change so frequently. In addition, this is a vanity metric because in software, 3 years of doing things the better way is worth far more than 20 years of doing things the inefficient way.

But sure, I'll bite. I'm in my mid-20s and make a 6-figure salary in software, which is exactly the point - this is a lucrative field that does not take much experience, just pure brainpower. I am not being outsourced because my job takes real technical/coding skills, and I'm efficient and use the latest tools (ie: Selenium) instead of clicking around manually.

Now tell me, what is your experience? What type of company? What type of testing do you do?[/quote]

To get in the higher level jobs/leads, they do want 10 years experience.  If you are in the cleared world, they are desperate for testers and most are not very good so there is very little competition.[/quote]

I do agree that this is true. But this is mostly due to HR policies and culture in jobs that require a clearance (government tends to skew older in age), not because the jobs actually require that much experience to do well. And of course if you want to be non entry level, you will either need more experience or be great at networking or politics - isn't this true in every field?[/quote]

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