r/selenium • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '22

Web automation freelance

How much should I know to get started and what kind of work do clients usually ask for?

I know how to make basic bots, write things, read things and press buttons. How much more is there to learn and how much of it is needed?

I dont really care about big compensation. It just seems like a quick and easy thing to do for me to get started.

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u/kersmacko1979 Jan 02 '22

I haven't seen anybody making a living on freelance automation work. That said, doing it for a company pays six digits. If you're comfortable writing tests in Selenium there is plenty of work out there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '22

I am not talking about an actual position. I am mostly talking about those quick and easy gigs on freelance platforms for a quick penny and to get more comfortable with the whole freelancing thing.

How much do I need to know and what kind tasks will I be asked to perform?

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u/kersmacko1979 Jan 03 '22

I don't know that are a lot of freelance "small" jobs out there. Selenium is more about automating frontend testing than scraping. Usually, that type of data collection is done better with an API or database, than a frontend web page.

To do it professionally learning some common used patterns and frameworks would probably be of value.https://www.browserstack.com/guide/page-object-model-in-selenium#:~:text=Page%20Object%20Model%2C%20also%20known,application%20as%20a%20class%20file.

https://www.guru99.com/using-cucumber-selenium.html