QA professionals need passion for technology and constant learning. Manual testing is fading, but AI won't replace experts who understand product architecture and real customer needs. The ones who combine automation skills with deep product knowledge will stay valuable.
But the passion to lean into technology is a must-have. Earlier on, maybe, okay, you could be a manual tester. I would say that's still there in certain setups, but you still need to have that thirst for knowledge. That's going to be your primer skill. The second is be aware of all the technology and do not be shy to use it. Organizations are going to need human beings regardless of how fast AI agents come together. Again, for the same reasons that I'm talking about is that kind of product quality depth. I mean, AI-forward leaders who understand the product, who understand the architecture, who understand the customer usage are the ones who are gonna have their seat at the table, not just those who are spending their time in bringing in and honing in and streamlining the automation because that is the cheaper part that is already done.
