QAI kick off roadshow on careers in s/w testing

ALLAHABAD, INDIA: QAI, workforce development and consulting organization rolled out a nationwide roadshow campaign in software testing targeted at students entering the professional world.

The ten city roadshow campaign started off in Allahabad.

Commenting on the initiative, Pradeep Chennavajjuala, CEO, Edista Testing Institute said, “As the Software testing market is growing rapidly with niche avenues, students can plunge into functional testing or automation testing.”

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He further added that, QAI will address these requirements and be at the forefront of providing suitable offerings for workforce development across the country in various business critical skill domains through a portfolio of certifications, training processes and assessments.

"According to the latest Gartner report, worldwide software testing market is expected to be at $13 billion and the global market for outsourced testing to be around $6.1 billion of which India is expected to contribute a 70 per cent share,” said  Chennavajjuala.

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"Opportunities for software testers are enormous. Presently the industry employs about 1,30,000 people and this number will grow enormously considering the exponential demand in the industry. In fact, these days software testers are paid more than software developers," he added.

The daylong event demystified the perceptions and myths around Software Testing and discussed in detail the role of software tester in the industry today.

Further, discussions around soft and hard skills required by software testers were outlined along with the roles and responsibilities, career path and benefits were discussed in detail.

Software testing today is a viable career option for students and a lucrative career opportunity for students passing out from engineering and technical colleges.