Software Engineering vs Automation in Testing
27 Nov 2025
How to learn automated testing? Is it worth going on a software development course, or is it better to learn how to automate tests instead? Where is an overlap of features?
Oleksandr Romanov
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14+ years in testing and engineering | Co-host at Testing Minutes podcast | Writing and podcasting about test engineering, performance, AI, blockchain, and distributed systems | Views are my own
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