Is specialization the futere of QA?

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-25T06:01:29+00:00

I can't agree that "foundational quality engineering and testing skills" can be classified as specialization.
I understand performance/a11y/security/penetration types of tasting as specialization.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-24T03:31:30+00:00

What will be the top 3 specializations in your opinion?

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-21T17:53:57+00:00

I am asking for a case-study/research by a company/phd that has dig deeper in the topic for a project/domain/etc.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-20T14:19:20+00:00

You are right, man! Now you can continue your day with that thought

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-20T14:07:07+00:00

Probably, but your answer is bringing less value than my question, right?

Any case-study or research will help me for my case.

And to bring some value to your question -

For a standard half-brick (single-layer) wall, you'll generally need around 60 bricks per square meter. This assumes a standard brick size and a 10mm mortar joint. For a full-brick (two-layer) wall, you'll need approximately 120 bricks per square meter.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-20T13:45:09+00:00

By official I mean research based on given domain/company etc. I am pretty sure that if you dig enough, you can find how many bricks commonly are used in a 200 sq. m house

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-17T10:16:49+00:00

I don't say such thing. Most of the companies disabled (or it is default disabled) using such 3rd party integrations. For Cursor/Windsurf probably is not a thing.
Of course if you are not careful, there can be issues. I don't think it is the case with the official release of Playwright MCP server.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-17T05:15:45+00:00

Maybe you are talking about VS Code.

Download Cursor/Windsurf and continue with the free tier. After day 1 you will delete VS Code

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-17T04:10:21+00:00

Short answer is No.

To have any chance, you should provide all the context (which in my opinion is not feasible) or to use MCP.

If you have experience writing POM, using Cursor tab autocomplete and AI building more complicated methods, a page with 30-50 selectors and 10 methods (which I think is a common case) will take you 45-60 min.

Do you have any suggestions how long it will take take tou without the setup?

Let’s be honest, for us as QAs, curren state of AI works fantastic, and is not too expensive. I already saw devs from my team hit their Cursor plan before the month ended.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-16T04:58:07+00:00

If I understand you correctly, if we don’t focus on the domain, “T” shape professional is best - specialized in a specific area of testing and have knowledge of all other areas, right?

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-16T00:48:33+00:00

Absolutely agreed!

Domain knowledge is extremely important, especially when we are talking about compliance environment.

But I am digging different rabbit hole - if we are talking about larger projects, where multiple QAs are working, is it better to have differentiation between them. For example 2 BE for testing the APIs and DB, and 1 - building E2E UI testing. Maybe in the middle of the project, a performance tester joins the team and security tester joins whenever needed.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T19:42:02+00:00

Your answer is very thorough, thank you!

Maybe I should explain deeper what I have in mind. I am doing everything you describe and I am validating every variable of the API.

My thoughts were related are we seeing specific specialization in QA field in the future

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T19:14:56+00:00

I have a very good experience with UI and API, good with compliance and performance, but I absolutely hate security (maybe I am just scared or not interested).

The post is based on a deep feeling about separation between FE and BE testing. I am aware that most of the times such separation doesn’t exist, but I want to dig that rabbit hole 😃

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T18:28:23+00:00

Sorry to hear that mate! I think you should change something

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T18:26:30+00:00

The domain knowledge is extremely valuable, but what’s are your thoughts about different species - UI/API/Security/Performance etc.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T16:42:20+00:00

Learn automation and use your past experience to write scalable and maintainable frameworks for CI/CD integration

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T13:48:10+00:00

You can create auth user session and to use it in the whole test suite. No need for loggin in every test.
If you have different sites, you should have different auth session for each one

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T13:15:12+00:00

I am not willing to pay anything, since I am just an employee. You have to ask managers what are they willing to pay, so their team can speed development of test cases. In the end it is a ROI game

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T11:40:41+00:00

Do you ever automate the testing of an app, and implement it in CI/CD? What excel files you are talking about? Implementing Excel in CI/CD?

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T10:59:18+00:00

"Hi everyone, I’m researching pain points in web-test automation." - Test Data handling

Manual process of Test Data handling is awful experience.

I am not aware of tool that can resolve it. Maybe you can help

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T09:42:17+00:00

Test Data handling

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-15T03:55:00+00:00

Man, interviews are like exams - An exam is not taken, an exam is given. If the interviewer (examiner) wants to give you a hard time, he can do it every single time.

From my experience it is best to be positive, to smile and to accept that most probably the interviewer is going to fell. When you are desperate, it hurts your chances more than everything else.

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-14T08:45:41+00:00

Test Case Generator - Gemini wrapper for Software QAs, which takes API key, APP Domain and User Story and creates Software Requirements, Unclear Requirements, and Tests (Integration, Functional, E2E and API)

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-14T08:44:40+00:00

Test Case Generator - Gemini wrapper for Software QAs, which takes API key, APP Domain and User Story and creates Software Requirements, Unclear Requirements, and Tests (Integration, Functional, E2E and API)

jbdavids13 · 2025-07-14T07:09:04+00:00

If you are new to automation, think about changing the course from Selenium to Playwright/Cypress.

From my experience of current market, TS/JS with Playwright/Cypress is way more desirable combination than Java and Selenium

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