Manish Saini

As a Remote SDET, I understand the importance of effective marketing for self-employed QA professionals. Personal branding is essential; showcase your expertise and experience on LinkedIn to attract potential clients. Joining QA communities and attend industry events not only expand your network but also allow you to stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in the field. Engagement is key; actively participate in discussions, share insights, and assist others. Additionally, providing exceptional service to your clients ensures their satisfaction and increases the likelihood of them recommending you to others. Remember, word-of-mouth referrals can be one of your most powerful marketing tools.

When choosing the Automation Framework, Its compatibility with the overall Development Ecosystem also needs to be considered. A Framework with in same programming language which is used by developers can be much easier to integrate inside the CI/CD pipeline than others. Also working on the same programming language in Development and Testing can create chances for more collaborations across teams.

A good way to keep track on Emerging Technologies is by staying active in the Test community events. It can be tech confrences, community meet ups and webinars. This will give you opportunity to interact with testers with different backgrounds and expertise which will enhance your vision for the future technologies.

Scalability is an aspect that usually teams forget to consider. It is very important to check whether your chosen framework can handle the tests after 2-3 years when your software has gone through 100s of Sprints. Is it the right solution to cater to 1000s of test case automation when you only have some 100 test cases? A good way to do this is by collaborating with the product and development team and knowing their vision for the project for upcoming years to know which problems the product will solve and how it is being developed. It will help you to choose your framework as future-proof also.

While Adding your test suites to your build pipeline consider these points: - Number of Test Cases - Tests Execution Time - Failure Impact of Tests on Build Process Prioritize your test cases to add to the build pipeline and make sure there are not many tests in the build pipeline which makes execution longer. Unit and Component Tests are generally the part of build pipeline and E2E tests which take more time to execute, can be a part of different pipeline that is scheduled separately for running in fixed intervals.

To manage your test cases and test results a Test Management Tool plays an important role. From writing test cases to distributing them among multiple team members and viewing the consolidated reports of execution Test Management Tool can be great for driving your testing in a remote team. Some great Test Management Tools are: 1. XRay 2. TestRail 3. Zephyr 4. Jira 5. Testpad 6. BrowserStack