Ask Me Anything: Future-Proof Your Career: AI, Testing & Path Ahead | Testμ 2025

Join Rahul Shetty, globally recognized QA educator and founder of Rahul Shetty Academy, for Ask Me Anything: Future-Proof Your Career: AI, Testing & Path Ahead.

With AI reshaping testing and automation accelerating, QA roles are evolving fast. Rahul will answer your questions live, whether it’s starting with AI in testing, moving from manual to automation, or charting your next career step.

:spiral_calendar: Don’t miss this interactive AMA, secure your free spot now and bring your questions!

Roadmap to learn and adopt the AI tools in daily job as a QA engineer?

With AI taking over repetitive testing tasks, which skills should testers prioritise to remain future-proof in their careers?

What areas of software testing are least likely to be replaced by AI, and why?

How to start with AI in Testing? Can you please give a high level structure for Playwright and Selenium?

For a fresher, should they learn AI-powered testing tools, or strengthen core testing skills first?

With AI growing so fast, which skills should testers focus on so they don’t get left behind?

How long it will take when all the companies in IT Industires will switch to AI Agents for their testing needs? Also if a person is hunting for a job in testing which AI tool he or she should master as there are lots of AI tools evolving now a day ?

What is the career path after 16 years of testing experience (Manual+automation) ? It is getting a little difficult to find jobs further.

Playwright with Python or JavaScript which has more job opportunities in market?

How can integrate the AI Concepts - MCP/Agentic AI within an organization existing framework be it in Selenium or Playwright ?

With AI rapidly transforming testing, what skills should professionals prioritize today to remain future-proof and valuable in the next 5–10 years?

How is AI transforming the traditional role of software testers in CI/CD pipelines?

What AI tools do you use in Manual testing on daily bases ?

What AI tools do you use in UI testing on daily bases?

What new skills should testers acquire to stay relevant in an AI-driven testing future?

With AI , No. of engineers will reduce with number of engineers increasing continuously year by year. How it will majorly impact Senior engineers specifically?

What’s your advice for testers to filter the noise, pick the right skills, and build a sustainable learning path instead of chasing every new tool?

What mindset shifts are needed for testers to future-proof their careers in an AI-first world?

For a experience , will AI replace manual testing / Automation testing or it will help in improving the same ?