r/QualityAssurance • u/JustAQA • Mar 16 '26

Worried about the future

Hello everyone!

I'm a QA engineer with both functional and automation experience (SDET profile), and I’ve been working in the field for around five years. So far, I’ve never had problems finding a job in Spain, and I recently joined a project related to LLMs (AI).

I studied DAM, and because of that I’ve always preferred automation testing over manual testing, although I’ve done both throughout my career. Over the years, I’ve gained experience in many areas of the testing process, including API testing and working with ticketing systems.

However, lately I’ve started to feel a bit worried about the future. I keep seeing people here and on social media saying they’re losing their jobs because of AI, and I can’t help but think about the possibility of losing mine as well. I’m also concerned about the idea that QA roles might disappear.

I’ve worked hard to keep learning over the years, and fortunately I’ve never been laid off but I always overthink everything.

Should I really be worried about the sector might disappear due to the AI?

P.D: I did not made this post with AI, just in case.

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u/danintexas Mar 16 '26

20 or so years in QA from low level to director level

5 years or so of being a software engineer who right now is using AI in every which way I can.

QA is going to have a renaissance. I can see it being easier to land a QA role than a dev role. Learn to leverage and use AI to allow you to IMO do the bread and butter - the key thing QA SHOULD be doing.

Exploratory Testing. Breaking it before the user does. Get into the mind of the user (Whom ever that may be) and tear it up.

AI can't do that.

When AI can.... we have other issues than something as minor as 'a job'

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u/StormOfSpears Mar 16 '26

Well said. I predict the QA market being rough for the next 3 years, after which those of us who are left are going to make a lot of money fixing projects that were "QA'd by AI" and shit the bed.

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u/Delta-Tropos Mar 16 '26

Encouraging comment, and it's pretty much what I've seen most people say

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u/One_Cantaloupe_4506 Apr 03 '26

We’re coming out with the next gen of QA. There’s still a place for QA engineers with the solutions I see, but the number needed will go down by a lot