I got tons of DMs from people asking how to get into QA in the first place. Here's what everyone gets wrong... Most beginners think: "𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫." ⚠️ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡. 𝐀𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭… 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. ➡️ Here's the thing: ───────── ❌ 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: - Pure Manual roles are disappearing fast → QA automation and AI are pushing them away. - Everyone can apply (no technical skills needed) → You're competing with thousands of people for one position. Literally. ✅ 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: - Manual Testing doesn't disappear into nowhere - it becomes hybrid or Automation jobs openings. - Companies really want someone who can do both (manual + automation). This is very achievable even for complete beginners in 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 of dedicated learning and interview prep. I want to emphasize: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛. 📌 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫": ────────────────────── 🔹 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏: 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - Easy to learn, but very hard to get a job. - You'll still need to learn automation soon if you want to stick around. 𝑂𝑟 🔹 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - Spend a bit more effort to learn the tech skills, but get the job easily. - Plus... Have tons of interviews... 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫... 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲 of manual jobs. 🌀 Those are your only options. ──────────────── By the way, for the overseas readers: 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝑸𝑨 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑺, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 - 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝟖𝒙. 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝑺 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑸𝑨 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝟑-𝟓𝒌 𝑼𝑺𝑫 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. ──────────────── 🔮 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 → 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟓-𝟏𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐨-𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫. You cannot get better returns on your invested time and effort with absolutely anything else. Not even close.