Why Learning CI/CD for Testing Is Your Secret Career Weapon

If you think CI/CD is "too technical" or "not my job"...

You're about to miss out on the easiest way to 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 in the job market.

And I'm not exaggerating.

Whether you're doing manual testing or automation, learning basic DevOps skills, specifically how to build and manage testing pipelines, is a 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫.

Because you'll be able to solve one of the biggest pain points in modern software development.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

🔴 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤:

QA needs tests to run in the pipeline? Create a ticket for DevOps.
Want to trigger a test suite? Another ticket.
Need to review the results? Go find someone who can.
Pipeline broke? Guess what... another ticket.
DevOps picks up these tickets "when they have time."

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡:

Modern companies move fast. This process slows down 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, including releases, bug fixes, and your ability to provide quick feedback.

𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬, DevOps teams are usually the busiest department in any tech company. They're not just building new infrastructure. They're supporting legacy systems, handling security, managing deployments, and putting out fires.

⚠️ Your testing pipeline tickets? They're at the bottom of a very long list.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮

If you can handle your own testing CI/CD tasks, you become someone who 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐩 instead of slowing them down.

Companies 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 people who solve problems instead of creating more work.

And they pay them accordingly.

"𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲!"

You're right. If you want to become a full DevOps engineer, it 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝.

But here's the thing: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬.

You only need the parts that directly impact testing:

✅ 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 (5-10 commands, tops)

✅ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 in one CI/CD tool (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab)

✅ 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (understanding dev/staging/prod)