Why a Testing Career Is Not the First Choice of Engineers

TL;DR

This paper discusses the challenges and importance of testing in complex software systems, emphasizing the need for improved testing practices to prevent failures.

Contribution

It highlights the difficulties engineers face in choosing testing as a career focus amidst growing software complexity and failure risks.

Findings

Testing is crucial for large, complex software systems.

Engineers often do not prioritize testing careers.

Improved testing practices are needed to reduce failures.

Abstract

As software systems are becoming larger, more complex, and dependent on many third-party software components, the chances of their failure are increasing further. This calls for intense efforts to improve the quality of testing in the software development process.