Which has better job prospects abroad- Software Development or Software Testing?

Hi, When any project begins - both software development and testing teams get involved from day 1. While the actual job of software developers begins much later, software testing teams usually begins right at the time of verifying the specification documents and continues throughout the life cycle of the project. It'd not be wrong to say that software testing teams often have a better knowledge of the overall functioning of the software systems they are working on. Software development, is one of the most crucial parts because without it, nothing gets 'developed'. Project manager or team lead will assign specific modules to you which you will have to code according to the specifications finalized by the software testing & business development teams. Every module developed by the developers is checked by the testing team and approved. Skill Set Requirements: For Developers: The developer skill set will be determined by the nature of the project and the technology stack decided by the software architects (much senior position in the organisation). If the architects decide that a combo of Java, C, Ruby, Python would be used in the project then accordingly developers will be selected who are trained on these technologies. For Test Engineers: They require entirely different skill set which could be a mix of Java, C, Ruby, Python along with software manual and automation tools along with scripting languages. There are several automation tools that require programming knowledge. It's a myth that software testing engineers do not write code. Given the complexity of the project a software testing engineer might end up writing more complex code than his developer counterpart. The point to be understood is that - both development and testing jobs require you to have programming knowledge. Career Growth: Software testing and development engineers have unique growth paths with similarities. Software developers may get promoted to module lead, team lead, project lead, project manager and so on depending on the company's hierarchy. A software testing engineer will have a similar path where he/she will become team lead, project lead, project manager, test architect etc. It's a myth that there are no or little growth opportunities in software testing career. Feel free to discuss further. Found this useful? Click on the thumbs up below or mark as best.

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Hi, I would request aru.chopra to give you detailed information regarding various career prospects in the field of Software Development and Software Testing. As per your query it seems that yo wish to work abroad so regarding this please remember for a fresher it is very difficult to get jobs abroad. Moreover getting jobs abroad is very competitive as you need to compete with the natives of that country first and then with remaining international candidates. So as per your query I would suggest you to work for atleast 1-2 years in India and simultaneously look for jobs abroad. In order to get job abroad, you need to first of all find out the job opening in the area of your interest, and the best source for this are newspaper and various job portals like naukri.com and naukrigulf.com. Both of these medium provides information about vacant job position and eligibility criteria for a particular job. If your qualification and work experience matches the eligibility criteria, then you may apply for the job. If you are selected then the company will issue a offer/appointment letter and sponsorship letter, and on the basis of this you can apply for VISA. So, as per your query, I would suggest you to upload your current CV on various job portals by this you will receive notifications regarding various job openings as per your profile, plus you should also read news papers regularly so that you may not miss on any current job opening. Feel free to raise more questions. Appreciate by giving it thumbs up or marking as best. All the Best.

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Anitha, As a matter of concern Testing tools as well as Developing have same weightage in S/W industry as of now. But, What I would suggest you is that Testing tools is a nice option if you can take it, as this field got developed in the S/W industry in the recent past and has a higher scope of development.

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