Jobs prospect for QA engineers?
Hi, I am Uzair. I am from Pakistan. I have 4 years of QA experience. But recently I am in-between projects at my company.
My engineering manager is pushing me to shift to Dev career citing reasons that QA engineers won't have a job in near future, they don't have a career path to become a manager. A manager is always technical. Their pay scale is too low as compared to developers.
Automation testing has always been my passion. I have learned selenium, cucumber, Protractor and now learning mobile apps automation. I have worked as QA engineer on crossover as well who pay the same amount to devs and QAs
I have been so confused as to what should I do. I can do Dev if I give my all, but that could disturb my work/social life.
My questions:
1. Is it worth it to move to Dev after 4 yrs testing?
2. What would be my career path from here if I decide to stay in QA? Should I go for devOps or BA?
3. What is the job opportunity scope for experienced (10 to 12 yrs) QA engineers. Will I find jobs easily?
Finally, should I move to Dev?