As an individual every one desires to be the best and do the best in what every profession they are to be successful and prosper. When it comes to the IT field one needs to be abreast with the latest technologies, skills, be knowledgeable in the field. To achieve this many follow different methodologies and strategies and they come up in life paving a way for those who want to come up. We will here discuss about Software Testing as profession in Software Industry.

Software Testing is a vast field and whoever opts for this field also practice certain principles to become a good tester. This question often ponders in everyone's mind even after spending few years into software testing and leading teams on different projects as to how can I become a good tester. Most often people acquire knowledge by going through various articles on internet, experiences, stories of those successful and many more. With this everyone reaches to a common conclusion that for any one to be successful there are some methods or strategy to follow.

Any one coming fresh into testing have many questions about software testing, what it is all about and the actual work that they are going to perform. As fresher in this field, you should be aware of certain facts in the software testing profession as an individual.

The common information or tips as generally called, below will certainly help to advance you in your software-testing career. These are not only for fresher's but also for experienced testing professionals too. Applying these in your career you will mover forward in your career and will not regret for what you are doing.

Software Testing is a very demanding job because one needs to be vary cautious, logical and come up with different ideas and logic than that of those which are common. Testers should think differently and do things in a different way to see that bugs don't go unnoticed and always try to break the system.

1. What do you do if you are given a new gadget which you did not see at all and this is the first time you are seeing it. most probably we would try to play around with it to understand it and get accustomed to it. What if you are told to test whether it is working correctly. you might not be in a position to completely test it. you may go through the basic features but not wholly. The reason being is that you are ignorant of the features of the gadget. There is no adequate knowledge of the product. If one does not have knowledge of what the product is then as a tester one cannot justify that the product is completely tested and is defect free.

Clear knowledge of requirements, before starting testing, is a must for any tester and the lead's responsibility is to make sure that the tester has got enough knowledge of the system under test. It is always said prevention is better than cure and it is also true in software development that it is better to know any missing issues and fix them than to find those issues during testing and fix them.

2. Being well versed in the domain will help you to give good suggestions and also solutions for any issues being faced because of the bugs. It is always appreciated by the test manager/project manager for your suggestions which has an impact on the application and also if certain features can be fine tuned

3. Most of the time we as testers feel that our responsibility is to only logging the bugs but it is appreciated if solutions are provided and this will earn respect amongst the colleagues. Good domain knowledge will also help you to design better test cases with maximum test coverage.

4. It should always be kept in mind that every application under test has bugs and it is our responsibility to find bugs potential of breaking the system. Testing should not be started assuming that there will be no errors. From a QA point of view you should always look for new bugs, different bugs, hidden bugs etc. no bug should be left unnoticed whether it will be fixed or not.

5. With the advancement in technology there are constant changes in the technology we use and there requires new techniques even though old testing techniques still play a vital role in day-to-day testing, but it is always good to try to introduce new testing procedures that work for you. Most of the time we rely on book knowledge and try to follow the procedures mentioned in them and most of the time we do not achieve results. One should be practical and come up with new ideas and techniques which will work for a particular system. They may work amazingly for you.

6. No wonder how many rounds of testing you perform; you can't guarantee a 100% bug free application. There are some constraints that may force your team to advance a product to the next level, knowing some common or low priority issues remain. Try to explore as many bugs as you can, but prioritize your efforts on basic and crucial functions. Put your best efforts doing good work.

7. This is the most important piece of advice we as testers should think and behave like the end user i.e the one who is going to really use this application. I don not say that you should not think technically but think like customers or end users and beyond. Test your application as an end user in different permutations and combination's. Do all sorts of transactions, navigation's, insert values, delete values etc and see that any way you do a function it should give the result same for different types of test carried out for the same functionality. Think how an end user will be using your application. Technical plus end user thinking will assure that your application is user friendly and will pass acceptance tests easily.