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Manager: “Did you see the latest Playwright release notes?” QAE: “Yeah, it does screencasts now! Isn’t that great!?” Manager: “It is. So, with all these new features in Playwright, is it the right tool for us to be using right now? Why are we still running the majority of our tests using Selenium?” QAE: “Ummm…” Conversations like this are happening all around the world at the moment. If you listen really hard, you can hear the QAEs’ minds coming up with reasons: The honest re

At best, Test Automation is a niche profession. At worst, it's arcane. People who have worked in software development for more than a few years know: finding a Test Automation Engineer can be difficult. Finding a good one can sometimes feel impossible. It isn't unusual for a manager of an agile team to spend several months looking for somebody to fill that very specific gap. A few years ago, I interviewed with a company that had been looking for a good SDET for over a year (a