What happened to ambition in QA?

Source: Dev.to

What happened to ambition in QA?

5‑10 years ago, QA engineers were breaking systems, crafting strategies, writing frameworks from scratch, and figuring out how to test SSO, caching, race conditions, and much more.

Now? Scroll through LinkedIn and all you see is:

• AI writes test plan
• Self‑healing tests
• Generate tests in plain English

🧙 This tool (yes, that one you hear about daily) will reshape everything! Reinvent test automation!

I use AI tools daily. They help. But many of these so‑called problems were solved a decade ago. And this new wave of hype? It’s just wrapping old ideas in new packaging.

QA deserves higher ambition. Not just easier test writing. As I said, it is not a problem for a long time.