Testing Job In Outsourced Product Development Company Or Services Company

@mani-at-Wp9RbT • Oct 25, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

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One of my friend has the problem of choosing a career between Testing in a outsourced product development company vs Development in services company.Please provide your valuable opinions in making a decision(he is a fresher graduated in computer science).

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 31, 2013

Outsourced Product Development => Services. Some companies just like to be identified as specialists in 'outsourced product development'; and what they basically do is 'services'. There are very few 'real' product development companies in India and getting in them is very difficult - because product development is a different ballgame.

So, you can be sure that both companies will offer similar kind of work. Your friend should decide the company on the basis of -

1. Proximity to home.
2. Size of the company.
3. Salary.
4. Relocation required or not.
5. Perks
etc.
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mani@_

@mani-at-Wp9RbT • Aug 31, 2013

Kaustubh Katdare
Outsourced Product Development => Services. Some companies just like to be identified as specialists in 'outsourced product development'; and what they basically do is 'services'. There are very few 'real' product development companies in India and getting in them is very difficult - because product development is a different ballgame.

So, you can be sure that both companies will offer similar kind of work. Your friend should decide the company on the basis of -

1. Proximity to home.
2. Size of the company.
3. Salary.
4. Relocation required or not.
5. Perks
etc.
treating both as services companies
one offering 30K more per annum for testing and the other offering position as developer which one is better?
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 31, 2013

Check: <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/career-in-software-testing-vs-software-development.67131">Career In Software Testing Vs. Software Development</a>

<a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/career-in-software-testing-myths-busted.47768">Career In Software Testing - Myths Busted!</a>

<a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/career-in-testing.40167">Career in testing</a>

Ask your friend to go through these threads and understand what kind of jobs are offered. Once your friend has a better idea about the kind of jobs; he'll be in a better position to determine.

It all comes down to what your friend is interested in. Both jobs are equally good; in my opinion.

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mani@_

@mani-at-Wp9RbT • Aug 31, 2013

Kaustubh Katdare
Check: <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/career-in-software-testing-vs-software-development.67131">Career In Software Testing Vs. Software Development</a>

<a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/career-in-software-testing-myths-busted.47768">Career In Software Testing - Myths Busted!</a>

<a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/career-in-testing.40167">Career in testing</a>

Ask your friend to go through these threads and understand what kind of jobs are offered. Once your friend has a better idea about the kind of jobs; he'll be in a better position to determine.

It all comes down to what your friend is interested in. Both jobs are equally good; in my opinion.
very very thanks for your valuable opinions

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Anil Jain

@CrazyBoy • Aug 31, 2013

mani@_
One of my friend has the problem of choosing a career between Testing in a outsourced product development company vs Development in services company.
I believe you have two questions here...

Testing VS Development -- Both the steams has good career options, however as your friend is about to start the career, I would suggest him to go with his skills. If he has good coding skills, he should opt for development if not, testing would require a little less coding skills. I must say, both the profile would require good analytic skills.

Regarding outsourced product development and service based -- I would personally suggest to go for product development company as it gives a better work - life balance and may make you master of a trait. Service company may not allow you to work in one technology and get expertise on the same... these are just my experience of workingin service and product based company.

-CB
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mani@_

@mani-at-Wp9RbT • Sep 2, 2013

Thanks anil
i think my friend also decided to go with the product development company.
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Sep 2, 2013

@#-Link-Snipped-# - It's 'Outsourced Product Development Company', not just a 'Product Company'. Those are two very different things. The company that says they are 'outsourced product development company' is basically into providing services.

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Anil Jain

@CrazyBoy • Sep 3, 2013

Kaustubh Katdare
@#-Link-Snipped-# - It's 'Outsourced Product Development Company', not just a 'Product Company'. Those are two very different things. The company that says they are 'outsourced product development company' is basically into providing services.
Agree,

However, many a times folks term captive units as Outsourced product development company as well which have way different working culture than service based.

-CB

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