Member-only story
What Does it Take to Become a Real E2E Test Automation Engineer? Part 1-A: Broad Knowledge
Technical Perspective Reasons why real E2E test automation engineers are so rare?
Part 1: Broad Knowledge 1-A, 1-B, 1-C.
Part 2: Willingness to Learn.Non-Medium members: you can view the abridged version of this article free on Vocal Media.
Real E2E Test Automation Engineers are rare, even at software giants (long-time readers have seen the quotes) such as Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn. Just give an idea of how rare it is, I came up with an analogy:
“Real E2E test automation engineers are like Michelin-star restaurants. Senior ones are Michelin 2-stars. When someone says there is a good restaurant next to his living place, the chances are it is not Michelin-1-star, and almost certainly not Michelin 2-stars.”
Not convinced? A simple question, do your E2E Test Automation enable your team do daily production releases? I do and have trained some accomplished that too. Check out this article, “Showcase a 500+ End-to-End (via UI) Test Suite: E2E Test Automation is Surely Feasible for Large/Complex Apps”.
As usual, let me start with a story. Many years ago, I joined a team as an automated tester (contractor). After seeing my work, the senior project manager (a former developer) quickly discovered the great benefits of E2E test automation. Filled with enthusiasm, he composed an email to the executive director. The first sentence was (he showed me), “I am writing something that you won’t believe, but it is true, I am seeing a revolution …”
He used the word ‘Revolution’ to describe E2E test automation & Continuous Testing. The same word that Wired used in this article, “The Software Revolution Behind LinkedIn’s Gushing Profits”.
Of course, the executive director ignored it. The senior PM took action to self-learn…
