Need for software testers on rise

"Profile of a successful tester is different from that of a successful developer and youngsters are not aware of the importance what a software tester has," said Anant R Koppar, chairman and CEO of KTwo Technologies Solutions delivering a keynote on the topic "Resourcing Challenges in Testing Industry".

Koppar was addressing around 150 software testers at the STEP Auto 2007 - International Conference on Software Test Engineering, Process and Automation organized by ISQT.

"Indian market for testing industry is estimated to be around USD 0.8 to 1 billion in 2007 and the latest survey says that we have a short fall of 15,000 testing professionals and another 25,000 software testers are required in the coming years," he said.

"There’s a need for clearing the misconception in the minds of young graduates who often opt for software development as a career instead of software testing. We have to create an awareness at the college-level itself with respect to opting software testing as a career,” he added.

"The objective of having such events is to propagate the message that testing is one of the major business verticals in the Indian market and is one of the major sources of revenue for India," Koppar said.

He also felt that opting a career as software tester is both creative and lucrative, and felt that the profile of software a tester speaks more than that of a software developer. “The demand for testers is high compared to developers.”

The three-day conference will have key speakers from well-known companies addressing different topics.


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