Hello and welcome to module six. In this module, we will discuss your career as a software tester. The field of software testing looks very promising. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is projected to be at 9% growth from 2016 to 2026. The average income of a software tester is $50,000 annually in major cities like Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles. There's also a tremendous amount of opportunities for growth.

You could transition from it had some entry level tester to a senior level tester or a test lead or test manager. And the more knowledgeable you are on different testing tools, you could become a test automation engineer. Or if you're interested in being into senior management, there's opportunities to become an IT director or business analyst, a product owner, Scrum Master, or even have your own consulting business like myself. And here are just some resources available for freelancing jobs. There's Upwork there's crowdsourcing and testing. If you're looking for jobs, you can check out indeed LinkedIn monster.

There are also gaming jobs that's available as well to job monkey and Glassdoor. And if you need a little bit more hands on experience, you can check out the Association for software tester.org. And here are just some Other additional resources available. They are organizations that are available to network with other software tester professional to learn more about the industry, you have the Association for software tester, as well as the software tester QA test in aq a. If more information, you can join forms like sticky mine or thought burps or satisfies I'm sorry, these are again, just some great organizations and resources available for one. And also, if you're interested in becoming a certified tester, here are some great organizations.

We have reached the end of the test execution and defect management course. Let's review. In Module One, we discussed system requirements and user stories and module two We discussed test cases and test scenarios. In Module Three, we discussed defect management. In module four, you get an opportunity to see how to execute a test case and a live demo application. You also had an opportunity to see how to open a defect in the defect tracking tool.

In module five, we discussed the test status reports the importance of these reports. And then finally, in module six, we discussed your career as a software tester. You are also provided with some great resources. Thank you once again, for taking this course. I hope this course has increased your knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of a software tester. Thank you Thank you again for your time.

I hope you enjoyed the course. And you learn some valuable information that will help you in your software test and career. I can be reached by phone or by email or you can find me through on Facebook at donors consulting firm, or you can find a on LinkedIn. Thank you once again