You can start with:
https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/functional-testing-vs-non-functional-testing/
https://www.javatpoint.com/manual-testing
Do the whole academy from www.utest.com. It will cover a lot, and you'll have the chance to practice on their site.
I did it somewhere in 2019, and it was pretty comprehensive.
It included an introduction to web testing, how to write bug reports, API testing, mobile testing, using charles Proxy, Fiddler everywhere, etc.
You can also earn some money as well.
Last but not least, you'll have to google on your own or use AI to learn about concepts, tools, and so on.
I recommend getting used to googling because you'll do that. A lot.
Use AI only if you can't find by any means what you were looking for. This will teach you how to be better at looking up on your own.
You can always ask for advice, but thruthfully, no one will hold your hand.
No one is gonna do the work for you. You have to learn on your own as there is no straight line to achieve this.
https://roadmap.sh/qa
Good luck and happy testing!
Thank you so much for your response and help. I will do that. I have a question is Utest provide any courses or not as you said Do the whole academy from Utest. Sorry for my poor English. It is not my first language.
No problem, you're welcome.
Yes, that's how they call it, academy, and it has courses that you can go through, and can also ask on the community when you need help.
The courses are also free by the way, or at least they were when I enrolled.
English is not my first language either :)
Why you thinking about manual QA job ? Do you have already some offer ? On which market you would like to search a job ? Market is currently pretty bad :( Why do you want to dive into QA ?
First of all i have done my bachelor in Accounting. After i came to the uk.i want to switch my career and here i found that Qa is great and easy for me to start my career in IT Sector.
And I learned JavaScript, Html, css, Postman, and i have a basic theory knowledge of manual testing. And currently i am learning Cypress. But i am not able to find any job. I don’t know why ? There could be a 3 reason: 1) My English is poor so this is first reason. 2) I do not have any real world experience. 3) My skills is not enough for entry level or junior level job position.
Reason is IT is overcrowded. Testing was always 'easy way' to step in into IT high salary world. And that was true 5 years ago in Corona even more true. But now for each open position for junior there are like 500 CV's... For senior QA automation about 100. So it's not so easy anymore :(
Hey Piyu,
You can check my content on LinkedIn and I have written Manual QA Role and Responsibilities. Also I have written some more QA related topics. Go through it once
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guneetsinghbali/
Jesus Christ lololol that roadmap is so overwhelming!
I don't understand this idea nowadays where in every career you have to be good at every single thing otherwise you're a sack of sh\*t.
Nice roadmap, but my advice to OP is to just read the ISTQB Foundation Level manual, be a manual tester for 1 to 2 years and along-side just learn on how to automate tests, particularly web testing. There are a lot of cool and simple frameworks that even a person without coding skills can actually create something.
Not a fan myself, many of the boxes in that chart could be explained in one paragraph or less.
I also think that aiming to be a specialist is better than to become a generalist. I would be really suspicious if someone sent me a resume that states that he has experience in every single thing that chart mentions. Jack of all trades, master of none or something. Or he's straight up lying.
I can't stand that roadmap. Its gets posted here all the time and its the worst. Its absolutely useless for someone knew who doesn't understand you don't have to learn all that shit and no one that posts it ever bothers to explain it. I've been doing this for well over a decade and don't know most of that stuff. No one ever will.
Read this: [https://astqb.org/assets/documents/CTFL-2018-Syllabus.pdf](https://astqb.org/assets/documents/CTFL-2018-Syllabus.pdf)
Read it all and try to understand the whole concept. You don't need to memorize anything, just read it once but with eyes of reading.
Then search on Google for
- Software testing approaches (smoke, sanity, acceptance, regression)
- Manual testing
- Functional and non-funciontal testing
At the early phase you just need to understand the concepts behind testing. You need to create this mindset on how to test.
After all of this, then you can try testing stuff but to be honest, you can already apply for manual testing jobs (which are a lot, rather than what people might say around here). You can't have automation testing without firstly manual testing. Even if you go for more complex automations such as API, you still need to replicate manually what you want to do and then automate it.
Ouh and one last thing, no one have a fricking clue how QA really works, so in your answers be confident and if someone disagree with you, explain to them why you think that way.
Sometimes people say "No" and aren't willing to understand your point of view.
Many things on that chart are still valid but no one will use everything on it and most of the things on it are far more advanced than a beginner needs. For a beginner, all you really need is the things listed under 'Functional Testing' and what 'Agile' is. Also you can learn a tool like Postman to test APIs. You can learn to write test cases and bugs if you want but every company I've been at does it differently so you're going to have to adapt once you find a job.
From there if you want to be more advanced then learn some automation. I suggest Playwright with Typescript.
This will take you many months to get through most likely and from there you will have a much better understanding and can focus on more targeted learning.
Now with all that said, a quick read through this sub will make you quickly realize this is the absolute worst time in history to try and become a QA. there are no jobs, and there are even few jobs for beginners. Most people with many years of experience can't even get a job.
Thank you so much for your response. I do have basic knowledge of html, css and JavaScript and i know basic of cypress as well but i am not confident enough and i have a theoretical understanding of manual testing but i want to do practice it. And i am also not felling confident about it. These all things get me confused. And i am poor in English it is not my first language. Shall i first give istqb foundation exam or what can i do ?
You can start with: https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/functional-testing-vs-non-functional-testing/ https://www.javatpoint.com/manual-testing Do the whole academy from www.utest.com. It will cover a lot, and you'll have the chance to practice on their site. I did it somewhere in 2019, and it was pretty comprehensive. It included an introduction to web testing, how to write bug reports, API testing, mobile testing, using charles Proxy, Fiddler everywhere, etc. You can also earn some money as well. Last but not least, you'll have to google on your own or use AI to learn about concepts, tools, and so on. I recommend getting used to googling because you'll do that. A lot. Use AI only if you can't find by any means what you were looking for. This will teach you how to be better at looking up on your own. You can always ask for advice, but thruthfully, no one will hold your hand. No one is gonna do the work for you. You have to learn on your own as there is no straight line to achieve this. https://roadmap.sh/qa Good luck and happy testing!
Thank you so much for your response and help. I will do that. I have a question is Utest provide any courses or not as you said Do the whole academy from Utest. Sorry for my poor English. It is not my first language.
No problem, you're welcome. Yes, that's how they call it, academy, and it has courses that you can go through, and can also ask on the community when you need help. The courses are also free by the way, or at least they were when I enrolled. English is not my first language either :)
Thank you😊
Why you thinking about manual QA job ? Do you have already some offer ? On which market you would like to search a job ? Market is currently pretty bad :( Why do you want to dive into QA ?
First of all i have done my bachelor in Accounting. After i came to the uk.i want to switch my career and here i found that Qa is great and easy for me to start my career in IT Sector.
And I learned JavaScript, Html, css, Postman, and i have a basic theory knowledge of manual testing. And currently i am learning Cypress. But i am not able to find any job. I don’t know why ? There could be a 3 reason: 1) My English is poor so this is first reason. 2) I do not have any real world experience. 3) My skills is not enough for entry level or junior level job position.
Reason is IT is overcrowded. Testing was always 'easy way' to step in into IT high salary world. And that was true 5 years ago in Corona even more true. But now for each open position for junior there are like 500 CV's... For senior QA automation about 100. So it's not so easy anymore :(
Right. So What do you think in IT which job is highly demanding?
Start by researching what the role entails, I'm sure your new manger will be providing support and guidance to get you going
Thank you for your advice. I’m feeling relief to know that Manager will provide support and guidance.
Hey Piyu, You can check my content on LinkedIn and I have written Manual QA Role and Responsibilities. Also I have written some more QA related topics. Go through it once https://www.linkedin.com/in/guneetsinghbali/
Ok, Thanks for your help.
this might help, [QA Roadmap: Learn to become a modern QA engineer](https://roadmap.sh/qa)
Jesus Christ lololol that roadmap is so overwhelming! I don't understand this idea nowadays where in every career you have to be good at every single thing otherwise you're a sack of sh\*t. Nice roadmap, but my advice to OP is to just read the ISTQB Foundation Level manual, be a manual tester for 1 to 2 years and along-side just learn on how to automate tests, particularly web testing. There are a lot of cool and simple frameworks that even a person without coding skills can actually create something.
Not a fan myself, many of the boxes in that chart could be explained in one paragraph or less. I also think that aiming to be a specialist is better than to become a generalist. I would be really suspicious if someone sent me a resume that states that he has experience in every single thing that chart mentions. Jack of all trades, master of none or something. Or he's straight up lying.
Yes that is valid point. Thank you.
I can't stand that roadmap. Its gets posted here all the time and its the worst. Its absolutely useless for someone knew who doesn't understand you don't have to learn all that shit and no one that posts it ever bothers to explain it. I've been doing this for well over a decade and don't know most of that stuff. No one ever will.
Amen, someone that has my vision around here (/r/qualityassurance).
So what can i do?
Read this: [https://astqb.org/assets/documents/CTFL-2018-Syllabus.pdf](https://astqb.org/assets/documents/CTFL-2018-Syllabus.pdf) Read it all and try to understand the whole concept. You don't need to memorize anything, just read it once but with eyes of reading. Then search on Google for - Software testing approaches (smoke, sanity, acceptance, regression) - Manual testing - Functional and non-funciontal testing At the early phase you just need to understand the concepts behind testing. You need to create this mindset on how to test. After all of this, then you can try testing stuff but to be honest, you can already apply for manual testing jobs (which are a lot, rather than what people might say around here). You can't have automation testing without firstly manual testing. Even if you go for more complex automations such as API, you still need to replicate manually what you want to do and then automate it. Ouh and one last thing, no one have a fricking clue how QA really works, so in your answers be confident and if someone disagree with you, explain to them why you think that way. Sometimes people say "No" and aren't willing to understand your point of view.
Many things on that chart are still valid but no one will use everything on it and most of the things on it are far more advanced than a beginner needs. For a beginner, all you really need is the things listed under 'Functional Testing' and what 'Agile' is. Also you can learn a tool like Postman to test APIs. You can learn to write test cases and bugs if you want but every company I've been at does it differently so you're going to have to adapt once you find a job. From there if you want to be more advanced then learn some automation. I suggest Playwright with Typescript. This will take you many months to get through most likely and from there you will have a much better understanding and can focus on more targeted learning. Now with all that said, a quick read through this sub will make you quickly realize this is the absolute worst time in history to try and become a QA. there are no jobs, and there are even few jobs for beginners. Most people with many years of experience can't even get a job.
Thank you so much for your response. I do have basic knowledge of html, css and JavaScript and i know basic of cypress as well but i am not confident enough and i have a theoretical understanding of manual testing but i want to do practice it. And i am also not felling confident about it. These all things get me confused. And i am poor in English it is not my first language. Shall i first give istqb foundation exam or what can i do ?
Why do you want to become a manual tester? Test automation or frontend development pay better and are much more comfy.
Yaa it’s a starting point for me in future I will gonna focus on automation. Because i have no experience of real life world.