Lot of IT engineers do not want to opt for a career in software testing aka Quality Engineering. If you ask them a bit about what software testing is, they'd have absolutely no clue. I think lot of IT engineers go with what they hear from someone else and do not care to know the truth on their own. These are some of the common myths that I want to burst -

1. Software testing requires no skills.

- Probably, one of the biggest myths I've come across. The truth is that a software testing engineer has to acquire more skills than most of their peers in development teams. Of course, comparing software testing with software development would be similar to comparing apples to oranges. But the truth is that software testing is a huge field and it takes years to be a testing engineer of high grade. You need to have a thorough domain knowledge, overall system knowledge as well as coding and testing skills to become an expert in software testing.

2. Software testing takes you away from coding

- A big part of software testing involves writing scripts and code. Plus there are several different tools available in the market which have their own coding techniques and types. It often takes years to master these tools and use them effectively. A good testing engineer will be well versed with several scripting and programming languages in addition to software tools.

3. Software testing engineers have very limited growth in IT companies

- A big lie! I personally know several software testing engineers who became project managers and even 'director QA' within a short time in their organizations. Software testing has great career growth provided you're good at what you do.

If you have questions about career in software testing or software testing in general, feel free to ask in this thread :0