![]() That doesn't happen with me because I have to be everywhere, looking at everything. ![]() We are a small team but I've watched multiple devs find themselves getting pigeonholed - "Frank worked on that area of the code last time, give this project to him too." That sort of thing. With QA, you get that kind of exposure to the product that you don't necessarily get as a developer. I know more about our product than almost anyone else at the company our VP of Engineering comes to me with questions about whether or not things are doable with existing settings. The advantage I have over almost all the devs is depth of product knowledge. But I do manual QA for my company - I'm currently a team of one. I'm not coming from the perspective of a developer so I may be off base. However automation is great for those who have pursuits outside their job and need to preserve mental energy, or genuinely like testing. I believe most people, and from the sounds of it you, would be happier in full stack. more egos to wrestle with, fighting over tech choices, etc. more pressure and your code gets picked apart more + get credit/power for driving the core of the business + get to admire the systems you’ve created that do tangible things + more mobility to different kinds of dev work + always new shiny things to learn (bad if you just want to chill and do your work) you get little recognition even though everyone goes on about the importance of testing the product of you work is hard to get excited about + people like you for doing something they don’t want to do ![]() + don’t have to always learn new things (con if you like continuous learning) + super in demand if you know what you are doing programming wise As someone who switched from QA dev to full stack, they both have ups and downs depending on what sort of person you are. This sub unjustly stigmatizes QA, even though most have never actually worked in it. And would moving from one to the other impact my career progression? I'm also wondering about career specialisation and how 'fixed' I'll be in either sector.How likely is it that I can move back to a full-stack/front/back end role should I decide I want to leave QA?.Advice by any existing QA engineers on how you feel about your role will be insightful.I understand development is way more than just full-stack/front/back, and I think this role would give me some exposure to the bigger picture of development Helpful Advice Needed To be honest this would be very very new to me. I understand I'm pretty new to web dev and am willing to learn. But designing the systems and implementing them is always a challenge I look forwards to. I can't really say which I prefer - front or back end. For this argument, let's just assume ceteris paribus) Full Stack (I'll try to ask more dev related questions, as I don't think the other factors like travelling to work or pay is relevant here. I now have two jobs offers and would like some advice or insights as to which to choose. I pursued a mid-career switch and did the Software Engineering Immersive from General Assembly (Singapore). We could always do with more help and wisdom, friend! The better the FAQ, the harder we can come down on lazy posters with low-effort OPs, which means a higher quality subreddit experience for you. Please don't start new threads about these topics without getting mod permission first, lest we be forced to. In addition to a chat thread that's newly spawned every day, we have a daily rotation for threads for certain topics. These are only posted by mods, following the schedule listed in the FAQ. More info about the salary survey can be found on the subreddit wiki. Share your current compensation and review the data submitted by other users in the two links above. These are the old responses to the previous survey The survey and response spreadsheet have been updated as of November 23, 2018. Tl dr: darker colors = more posting experience here. Noticed some cool user flair around? Take a look at this thread to see what it's all about. Second: Check out this awesome "quick answers to common questions" threadįourth: Search for prior posts on the subject Please note that we, the CSCQ mod team are not in charge of this discord or the site: 'v'. R/ExperiencedDevs made a new site based on Lemmy: Please check it out for your chatting needs: v More importantly however, the behavior of reddit leadership in implementing these changes has been reprehensible.ĬSCQ regular u/Kevincav runs a discord called CS Career Hub. Reddit's new API changes kill third party apps that offer accessibility features, mod tools, and other features not found in the first party app. CSCareerQuestions protests in solidarity with the developers who make third party reddit apps.
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