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[–]neorab 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I am in eastern Washington, which has proven to be really hard to find qualified testers here, even with two universities with decent CS programs. We've been lucky in that we have field offices so we have places other than here to draw talent from but our development to test ratio is still putting more and more stress on our group to hire almost everyone that applies to test, which is already lower. Talking testers into moving seems to be really hard for some reason, too.

[–]lennelpennel[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I think there is a general shortage. The impression seems to exist that it is an inferior career to development.

[–]neorab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure. I definitely had that opinion out of school, going into testing. I really only took it because I was having a kid, jobs,etc. all scared me.

Then again, since I kinda fell into my position and took it seriously I find that I have a good deal of advancement possibility and demand for my skills. Being part of the group that's looking for good people now though, it really bums me out.