[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":544},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/i-analyzed-dozens-of-qa-posts-heres-what-the-industry-is-really-thinking":3,"surround":539},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"canonical":522,"date":523,"description":524,"extension":525,"featured":526,"image":522,"meta":527,"navigation":528,"ogimage":522,"path":529,"provider":522,"published":528,"seo":530,"stem":531,"tags":532,"url":522,"__hash__":538},"blog/blog/i-analyzed-dozens-of-qa-posts-heres-what-the-industry-is-really-thinking.md","I Analyzed Dozens of QA Posts. Here's What the Industry Is Really Thinking",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":518},"minimark",[9,15,25,41,45,52,59,64,72,76,80,84,89,96,101,116,121,316,321,330,335,340,405,410,415,424,429,475,480,485,492,499,504,511],[10,11,14],"p",{"className":12},[13],"p1","Daily, I see QA articles suggested to me on LinkedIn. Some articles are from professionals I don’t even follow or connect to. I saw a similar pattern in these articles.",[10,16,18,19],{"className":17},[13],"I wanted to identify it by reaching out to QAs and asking questions. Have a small discussion with random Engineers about how they feel about their profession, but it was very difficult as many deny it.",[20,21,24],"span",{"className":22},[23],"Apple-converted-space"," ",[10,26,28,29,33,34,37,38],{"className":27},[13],"I wanted to do an analysis backed by data. So I gathered data. I collected LinkedIn posts. Only the post. With some comments. Not the author.",[20,30,32],{"className":31},[23],"  ","So far, it’s 35 LinkedIn posts. I know it’s not a big number to get a judgment. But let’s analyse this now.",[20,35,32],{"className":36},[23],"Let’s try to understand what the thread is here. What is the signal QAs are expressing?",[20,39,24],{"className":40},[23],[10,42,44],{"className":43},[13],"This is an unbiased analysis using Claude and ChatGPT. This is a very objective analysis; everyone should be aware.",[10,46,49],{"className":47},[48],"p2",[50,51],"br",{},[10,53,55,56],{"className":54},[13],"My prompt was simple:",[20,57,24],{"className":58},[23],[10,60,62],{"className":61},[48],[50,63],{},[10,65,67,68,71],{"className":66},[13],"I have a dataset of LinkedIn posts collected from QA professionals, saved in the attached PDF file. Please do a thorough",[20,69,32],{"className":70},[23],"evaluation of all the posts and present the findings as a visual card dashboard:",[10,73,75],{"className":74},[13],"1. I need 5 key insights on what QA professionals are collectively thinking, worried about, excited about, or debating right now.",[10,77,79],{"className":78},[13],"2. What is that one signal in the community? Is it optimistic, frustrated, cautious, or divided?",[10,81,83],{"className":82},[13],"3. A one-paragraph overall summary. What is the general mood and mindset of QA professionals in this snapshot? What does this dataset tell us about where the profession stands today?",[10,85,87],{"className":86},[48],[50,88],{},[10,90,92,93],{"className":91},[13],"Answers as follows,",[20,94,24],{"className":95},[23],[10,97,99],{"className":98},[48],[50,100],{},[102,103,106,107],"ul",{"className":104},[105],"ul1","\n  ",[108,109,112],"li",{"className":110},[111],"li1",[113,114,115],"b",{},"5 key insights on what QA professionals are collectively thinking",[10,117,119],{"className":118},[48],[50,120],{},[122,123,106,127],"table",{"cellSpacing":124,"cellPadding":124,"className":125},"0",[126],"t1",[128,129,130,131,130,160,130,188,130,222,130,250,130,278],"tbody",{},"\n    ",[132,133,134,135,134,148,130],"tr",{},"\n      ",[136,137,141,142,134],"td",{"vAlign":138,"className":139},"middle",[140],"td1","\n        ",[10,143,145],{"className":144},[13],[113,146,147],{},"Claude response",[136,149,141,151,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":150},[140],[10,152,154],{"className":153},[13],[113,155,156,157],{},"ChatGPT response.",[20,158,24],{"className":159},[23],[132,161,134,162,134,175,130],{},[136,163,141,165,141,171,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":164},[140],[10,166,168],{"className":167},[13],[113,169,170],{},"AI is the only conversation [60% of posts]",[10,172,174],{"className":173},[13],"Almost every post, whatever its stated topic, eventually lands on AI. The community is excited, wary, and bargaining, all at once,",[136,176,141,178,141,184,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":177},[140],[10,179,181],{"className":180},[13],[113,182,183],{},"AI is the center of attention, but not with blind trust",[10,185,187],{"className":186},[13],"The most repeated theme is AI in QA: agentic testing, AI-generated test cases, documentation, reporting, and requirement analysis.",[132,189,134,190,134,206,130],{},[136,191,141,193,141,202,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":192},[140],[10,194,196],{"className":195},[13],[113,197,198,199],{},"\"Tester\" is becoming a bad word.",[20,200,24],{"className":201},[23],[10,203,205],{"className":204},[13],"A coordinated push to rebrand the role from tester to Quality Engineer, builder, pseudo-engineer, SDET.",[136,207,141,209,141,215,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":208},[140],[10,210,212],{"className":211},[13],[113,213,214],{},"QA identity is shifting from tester to builder/strategist",[10,216,218,219],{"className":217},[13],"A large share of posts argue that QA can no longer be defined as late-stage manual checking.",[20,220,24],{"className":221},[23],[132,223,134,224,134,237,130],{},[136,225,141,227,141,233,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":226},[140],[10,228,230],{"className":229},[13],[113,231,232],{},"Selenium/Java is yesterday. Playwright/TypeScript is the new hiring bar.",[10,234,236],{"className":235},[13],"A concrete, named migration is underway. The gap between what is taught and what is hired is widening.",[136,238,141,240,141,246,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":239},[140],[10,241,243],{"className":242},[13],[113,244,245],{},"Shift-left is still aspirational because many teams still marginalize QA",[10,247,249],{"className":248},[13],"Many writers are frustrated that QA is still invited too late. They describe being excluded from planning, given untestable requirements, or treated as a release gate instead of a partner in design and risk prevention.",[132,251,134,252,134,265,130],{},[136,253,141,255,141,261,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":254},[140],[10,256,258],{"className":257},[13],[113,259,260],{},"The job market is visibly hurting people.",[10,262,264],{"className":263},[13],"The mood beneath the AI discourse is financial.",[136,266,141,268,141,274,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":267},[140],[10,269,271],{"className":270},[13],[113,272,273],{},"There is real anxiety about career pressure and employability",[10,275,277],{"className":276},[13],"The dataset shows a labor-market strain underneath the technical discussion.",[132,279,134,280,134,303,130],{},[136,281,141,283,141,289,141,293,141,298,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":282},[140],[10,284,286],{"className":285},[13],[113,287,288],{},"A counter-movement is forming: \"AI can't save you if you skipped the basics.\"",[10,290,292],{"className":291},[13],"The community is starting to name the cost of the shortcut. not to reject AI, but to insist that foundations are what let you question what the AI hands you. \"You can't carry AI into an interview room.\"",[10,294,296],{"className":295},[48],[50,297],{},[10,299,301],{"className":300},[48],[50,302],{},[136,304,141,306,141,312,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":305},[140],[10,307,309],{"className":308},[13],[113,310,311],{},"The community is debating what skills matter most: coding depth vs testing judgment",[10,313,315],{"className":314},[13],"A clear tension runs through the posts. One camp says QA must become deeply technical: Playwright, TypeScript, CI/CD, APIs, security, performance, and architecture. Another warns that interview loops and hiring filters are drifting too far into pure developer evaluation and undervaluing test thinking, risk analysis, and user perspective.",[10,317,319],{"className":318},[48],[50,320],{},[102,322,106,324],{"className":323},[105],[108,325,327],{"className":326},[111],[113,328,329],{},"What is that one signal in the community?",[10,331,333],{"className":332},[48],[50,334],{},[10,336,338],{"className":337},[48],[50,339],{},[122,341,106,343],{"cellSpacing":124,"cellPadding":124,"className":342},[126],[128,344,130,345,130,366,106],{},[132,346,134,347,134,355,130],{},[136,348,141,350,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":349},[140],[10,351,353],{"className":352},[13],[113,354,147],{},[136,356,141,358,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":357},[140],[10,359,361],{"className":360},[13],[113,362,156,363],{},[20,364,24],{"className":365},[23],[132,367,134,368,134,392,130],{},[136,369,141,371,141,377,141,383,141,388,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":370},[140],[10,372,374],{"className":373},[13],[113,375,376],{},"The community reads as Divided.",[10,378,380],{"className":379},[13],[113,381,382],{},"Anxious, energetic, reinventing.",[10,384,386],{"className":385},[48],[50,387],{},[10,389,391],{"className":390},[13],"It is not one mood. It is several, often inside the same post. A profession loudly trying to define what it is before someone else defines it from the outside.",[136,393,141,395,141,401,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":394},[140],[10,396,398],{"className":397},[13],[113,399,400],{},"Cautiously optimistic",[10,402,404],{"className":403},[13],"The tone is future-facing rather than defeated. Most authors believe QA remains valuable, but only if the profession evolves quickly. The optimism is real, yet it is guarded by fear of deskilling, job pressure, inflated expectations, and poor AI governance.",[10,406,408],{"className":407},[48],[50,409],{},[10,411,413],{"className":412},[48],[50,414],{},[102,416,106,418],{"className":417},[105],[108,419,421],{"className":420},[111],[113,422,423],{},"A one-paragraph overall summary.",[10,425,427],{"className":426},[48],[50,428],{},[122,430,106,432],{"cellSpacing":124,"cellPadding":124,"className":431},[126],[128,433,130,434,130,455,106],{},[132,435,134,436,134,444,130],{},[136,437,141,439,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":438},[140],[10,440,442],{"className":441},[13],[113,443,147],{},[136,445,141,447,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":446},[140],[10,448,450],{"className":449},[13],[113,451,156,452],{},[20,453,24],{"className":454},[23],[132,456,134,457,134,468,130],{},[136,458,141,460,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":459},[140],[10,461,463,464,467],{"className":462},[13],"The QA community in this snapshot is not dying, not thriving.",[20,465,32],{"className":466},[23],"It is mid-reinvention, out loud, and slightly afraid. AI is simultaneously a threat and an opportunity. What the dataset tells us most clearly is that the profession is not waiting to be told what it will be. It is arguing, rebranding, and retooling in real time, which is, paradoxically, the healthiest signal in the feed.",[136,469,141,471,134],{"vAlign":138,"className":470},[140],[10,472,474],{"className":473},[13],"This snapshot shows a profession in active transition rather than decline. QA professionals still see themselves as essential, but fewer believe that traditional late-stage testing alone is enough. The dominant mindset is that quality work must move earlier, become more technical, and increasingly incorporate AI. At the same time, the posts reveal unease: hiring is tighter, expectations are rising, manual-only paths look fragile, and there is growing concern that teams may either marginalize QA or misuse AI without sufficient controls. The net picture is a community that is alert, ambitious, and trying to redefine its value around engineering depth, risk judgment, and business impact before the market defines it for them.",[10,476,478],{"className":477},[48],[50,479],{},[10,481,483],{"className":482},[48],[50,484],{},[10,486,488,489],{"className":487},[13],"I hope this analysis will help the community understand where we stand as a community.",[20,490,24],{"className":491},[23],[10,493,495,496],{"className":494},[13],"What we should do, what the challenges are, and what the trend is.",[20,497,24],{"className":498},[23],[10,500,502],{"className":501},[48],[50,503],{},[10,505,507,508],{"className":506},[13],"Since this is an objective analysis and I would like to keep collecting data, and bring you community updates like this, I think it’s best to avoid writing my personal judgment on this, but if you wonder, I too agree with certain areas in this report. While I do not fully agree with the Playwright transition. I see the playwright as a great framework. Also, as part of the Microsoft ecosystem. Again, hope this helps the community.",[20,509,24],{"className":510},[23],[10,512,514,515],{"className":513},[13],"Bring your comments as well. Contact me if need my dataset. See you next time.",[20,516,24],{"className":517},[23],{"title":519,"searchDepth":520,"depth":520,"links":521},"",2,[],null,"2026-04-24","Daily, I see QA articles suggested to me on LinkedIn. 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