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How Manual Testers can Build Automation Experience (Without Waiting for Permission)
Most manual testers don’t realize this 👇
You don’t need an “Automation Engineer” title to gain automation experience.
Recruiters care about proof of skill, not the title on your badge.
Here’s how to build that proof while you’re still in your manual testing role.
⚡️ The Quick Strategy
💡 Learn automation tools — like Playwright
Even 30 minutes a day compounds fast.
🧩 Build a testing framework and upload it to GitHub.
That’s your public portfolio, your real proof of work.
📝 Add README files.
Explain how to run your tests, what tech you used, and why you built it that way.
Good docs = you think like an engineer.
📅 Commit consistently.
Your commit history shows growth.
Months of small progress beat one big upload.
📣 Make it visible.
Link your GitHub on your resume and LinkedIn.
If recruiters have to search for it, they won’t.
🎤 Own your story.
Talk about your automation work confidently,
even if your title still says “Manual Tester.”
🧠 The Mindset That Works
Stop waiting for your company to “let” you do automation.
Start acting like an automation engineer now.
Your GitHub is your living resume
it shows what you can do today, not what’s written in your title.
Continuous learning + visible progress any job title.
🚀 Your Next Step
1️⃣ Pick one tool
2️⃣ Build one small framework
3️⃣ Make one commit to GitHub
Then do it again tomorrow.
That’s how manual testers become automation engineers
not by waiting… but by building.
💭 What’s stopping you from making your first commit today?
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How Manual Testers can Build Automation Experience (Without Waiting for Permission)
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