[sixdimensional]

Are you familiar with the concepts of SDET (software development engineer in test) or software test/QA? I’m asking genuinely because in our industry, traditional quality control sometimes seems to have went out the window in the rush for speed.

Perhaps look for prior art on being a third party/contract SDET or test/QA engineer?

I suspect you’d need to look for a specific class of opportunities where you can work on bugs under contract for customers, or, look for things where you can work on bugs externally as a third-party on public products and services, things like chasing bug bounties.

With many companies trying to abolish more traditional quality controls for software, by having developers conduct more test driven development, self driven integration testing, etc., I am not sure if you can be as successful as an external third-party offering bug fixing services, unless it’s in the right circumstances.

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> Are you familiar with the concepts of SDET (software development engineer in test) or software test/QA?

I am familiar with the concepts, but I'd classify that as more about putting measures in place to prevent bugs from being deployed, rather than identifying and fixing their root causes.