Java Developer Switching To Testing

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  rana629

  I passedout in 2010 cse btech. and worked 3 years as java developer but not gained gud development skillls (i tried very hard to learn coding but all in vain. 😔 .After completing 3 years ,i switched to other company but here i was not able to code .so now I switched to testing in same project.
  So now i decided to continue in testing ,and will learn selenium in one year of time and next year i will switch to some other company in testing domain itself.so how should i hide my 3 years of development effort in first company(while showing experience to third comapny)...pls suggest??
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  #-Link-Snipped-# - You already have exposure to development and coding. Now that you are into software QA field, you should try to utilise your coding skills to learn scripting and automation tools. I'd recommend going for certification in testing. I'd also advice you to gain some experience in your current organisation and build a profile that'd be worthy of attracting recruiter's attention.
  
  If you have any other questions, post them below.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

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  rana629

  next year i am planning to switch to some other company becoz my terms are not gud with my manager now (becoz i switched from development to testing). my first impression fail 😔 . so should i show my development experience to next company as i want to show 3 years experience in testing..
  pls suggest?
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  If you have decided to switch to a new job; you should not lie to your new company. Just show them what you've done and show it as your advantage. Have solid reasons to justify that you'll be a great QA engineer with a background in development. As I said, you should equip your profile with a few basic and advance level certifications in software testing before you make a switch to a new company.
  
  You should make yourself proficient in manual testing as well as automation.