The Dark Side of Being a Test Automation Engineer

Five worst feelings I’ve faced by being a test automation engineer

Fun fact, I started my career as a test automation engineer by accident.

And holy moly, to be honest, I wasn’t too fond of it.

Not like I hated what I did, not that, but I hated that it felt that everyone around me thought that my craft was expendable.

And who loves to feel that we’re going on a path to have an expendable, a.k.a. useless job? — right, no one.

Unfortunately, I’m aware that I’m not the only one that felt like this at a given moment in time, and even worse, this is still a reality in a large and undesired amount of organizations.

5 Feelings You’ve Probably Faced as a Test Automation Engineer

NOTE: Read these with a slight touch of sarcasm and not as the plain and brutal truth that we live in — although it might be for some.

1. Blame Magnet

If you’re familiar with the expression of being a “chick magnet” you certainly understand what we’re talking about here.