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QA / Testing
Finding what is broken before customers do: manual testing, automation, performance and release checks. It is a common entry into IT services for BTech, BCA and MCA graduates, and a route into softwa…
From Campus Binge's data, as of 2026-10-15. Each fact says how far to trust it.
Level
2
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Next: Operations
15% after ~6.1 years (n = 68)
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Next: Software Engineering
11% after ~4.7 years (n = 51)
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Next: Senior Software Engineering
5% after ~7 years (n = 24)
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Next: Consulting
4% after ~5.1 years (n = 18)
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Skills
Manual Testing, Microsoft Office, Testing, Sql, Regression Testing, Microsoft Excel
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Industries
Other, IT / Software, Manufacturing
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About
Finding what is broken before customers do: manual testing, automation, performance and release checks. It is a common entry into IT services for BTech, BCA and MCA graduates, and a route into software engineering for people who learn to automate. Quality assurance and project management are the skills the graph sees before the next move, most often into operations or delivery management. Gurgaon, Pune and Bengaluru appear most.
On your map
What it needs
- Manual Testing
- Microsoft Office
- Testing
- Sql
Steps
- Write and run an automated test suite for one small app you did not build.
- Learn to write a bug report an engineer can act on without asking questions.
- Pick one area, performance, security or mobile, and go deeper than the job requires.
Skills
8- Microsoft OfficeOn 774 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
- Microsoft ExcelOn 617 profiles in the career graph; most in Operations, Marketing & Sales
- C++On 329 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- JavaOn 303 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- SqlOn 277 profiles in the career graph; most in Software Engineering, Senior Software Engineering
- TestingOn 42 profiles in the career graph; most in QA / Testing
- Manual TestingOn 40 profiles in the career graph; most in QA / Testing
- Quality AssuranceOn 38 profiles in the career graph; most in QA / Testing
Where people go next
6- OperationsMaking the business run: processes, people, vendors, targets, escalations. It is the largest role in the graph by volume and the destination most other roles move into, because it is where 'I know ho…
- Software EngineeringWriting and maintaining software in a product company, a services firm or a startup: features, bugs, tests, reviews, on-call. It is the most common destination for interns in the graph and one of the…
- Senior Software EngineeringThe engineer others come to: owning systems, reviewing code, designing services, mentoring, and still shipping. Reached from software engineering after several years, usually at a product company or …
- ConsultingClient projects in short, intense stretches: a problem, a deck, a recommendation, next client. Entry is usually a campus round at a strategy, Big Four or boutique firm, or a lateral move after a few …
- Data & AnalyticsTurning business data into reports, dashboards and answers: SQL, Excel, a BI tool, and a lot of explaining to people who do not read charts. Entry is a graduate analyst role in a bank, consultancy, e…
- Engineering ManagementLeading engineers: hiring, planning, reviews, unblocking, and being accountable for delivery. Almost nobody starts here; it follows years as a senior engineer and usually a period as a tech lead. The…
Degrees that lead here
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- Campus Binge career graph: aggregates of public career profiles (cells with n ≥ 5); no person is namedCommunity viewAs of 2026-10-15
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