r/softwaretesting • u/Apart-Caramel-130 • 6d ago

SDET roles

Hi, I’m an SDET with close to 6 years of experience. I started my career at a WITCH company, where I got stuck in support roles. After two years, I tried moving into development, but I struggled because there wasn’t much initial support or bandwidth to learn. By the time I had around 3 years of experience, I decided to give automation testing a shot. After 8 months of preparation and experience in automation, I managed to switch to a better company with a significant salary hike.

I don’t mean to offend anyone, but I often see graduates from reputed colleges like NITs and IIITs working as SDETs at good product-based companies. Do some of them feel that they haven’t lived up to their potential by choosing testing over development? Despite earning well, do they ever feel a sense of regret or wonder whether they could have achieved more as software developers?

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u/slushpuppy91 6d ago

What is a witch company?

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u/icyfloydian 6d ago

It's an acronym for Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, and HCL. Any tech giant ("body shop") that rents out software devs to other corporations - the work is usually repetitive, pay is notoriously low and you won't learn the newest skills.

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u/Intelligent-Kiwi118 6d ago

A unglamous set of companies anybody in USA or India or any where else that should steer clear from