u/hms_cs

Hi everyone, I have 5 years of experience as a software tester (both manual and automation) in the automotive industry, and I'm looking to transition into website automation testing. I'm already learning Playwright and Postman, and the progress has been good so far, thanks to some background in programming. However, I’m struggling to land a new job in this field in Germany.

I guess the main problem is that I don't yet have any professional experience working with the tech stacks that many companies in web automation are using. I’m not sure how to make my profile stand out.

Has anyone here made a similar transition? What can I do to make my profile more attractive to companies, even without experience in their specific tech stack? How to find any small chunk of real-world experience in the domain? What other keywords should I learn?

Any tips on how to break into the industry would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Hallo zusammen, ich habe 5 Jahre Erfahrung als Softwaretester (sowohl manuell als auch automatisiert) in der Automobilindustrie und möchte in den Bereich der Website-Automatisierungstests wechseln. Ich lerne bereits Playwright und Postman, und der Fortschritt ist bisher gut, dank einiger Vorkenntnisse in der Programmierung. Allerdings fällt es mir schwer, einen neuen Job in diesem Bereich zu finden.

Ich denke, das Hauptproblem ist, dass ich noch keine professionelle Erfahrung mit den Tech-Stacks habe, die viele Unternehmen im Bereich Web-Automatisierung nutzen. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, wie ich mein Profil hervorheben kann.

Hat hier jemand einen ähnlichen Übergang gemacht? Was kann ich tun, um mein Profil für Unternehmen attraktiver zu machen, auch ohne Erfahrung mit deren spezifischem Tech-Stack? Wie finde ich ein kleines Stück echte Berufserfahrung in diesem Bereich? Welche anderen Schlüsselbegriffe sollte ich lernen?

Jegliche Tipps, wie man in die Branche einsteigen kann, wären sehr willkommen.

Vielen Dank!

Hi everyone, I have 5 years of experience as a software tester (both manual and automation) in the automotive industry, and I'm looking to transition into website automation testing. I'm already learning Playwright and Postman, and the progress has been good so far, thanks to some background in programming. However, I’m struggling to land a new job in this field in Germany.

I guess the main problem is that I don't yet have any professional experience working with the tech stacks that many companies in web automation are using. I’m not sure how to make my profile stand out.

Has anyone here made a similar transition? What can I do to make my profile more attractive to companies, even without experience in their specific tech stack? How to find any small chunk of real-world experience in the domain? What other keywords should I learn?

Any tips on how to break into the industry would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot.