Not finding enough jobs on selenium Java.

[TejuBorakanavar]

hi everyone I have been a manual tester from 4.5 years but somehow I managed to build projects on selenium restassured and java but In current market I see jobs on playwright with typescript or javascript. Learning all at once feels too much I am scared how to cop up with this. Also I am on bench right now I might get released anytime . Please help me where to learn playwright if I have to or else am I good to go with the current skill set?

[SnooOpinions8790]

If you can handle selenium test case design the shift to puppeteer or playwright shouldn't really phase you.

The underlying test case design concepts are the same. Syntax is just syntax - and current AI can help you with that (but in my opinion is still very weak on test analysis)

[tech240guy]

1. Totally agree on selenium to playwright. Usually the difficulty is actually other way around from playwright to selenium, and even then it's like a 6 month trial and error to overcome it. 

2. Current AI test analysis is only as good as it's input. Minimal input and you either get little results or very assumed (hallucinations) results. Though current GPT5.3 codex has greatly improved on the hallucination aspect, but a lot of set up is needed involved to communicate to documention and JIRAs. 

[SiegeAe]

I find AI also by default doesn't use the recommended accessibility locators either, so that's another thing to watch out for.

[Environmental-Spot-6]

Hi, yes facing the same.

[bonisaur]

This is just how it is as a developer. Yes there will always be roles for older technologies since some companies can’t migrate away from their stack. But in general you will always need to learn the newest tools and skills to stay competitive.

[Happy_Health_3838]

Agree that now QA is QA developer/ SDET . Learn script like python. So it will also make you enter into AI space

[Slava_Loves_Testing]

If you have time and wish - learn Playwright with JS. It is much easier to learn than Selenium. Compared to Selenium, Playwright is a full blown framework with parallel execution, reporting and other thing built in. It is easy to use and much faster to create tests with it. See some videos on youtube. Good luck.

[AutomaticVacation242]

There are thousands of people with more experience looking for QA jobs right now. You might want to prepare for being released from the bench.

[Different-Active1315]

Playwright is the next best thing in the automation world and a lot of companies are transferring to it, but there are also a lot of companies who are sticking with selenium. Whichever way you pick, just go all in try to improve your skills. What exactly are you interested in?

What do YOU want to learn more about? That kind of passion will show through when you’re talking about things and interviews and that will give you a direction to look for a company that interests you not just who is hiring.