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Is software testing still a good career in 2026? What US data says about QA and AI

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"Will AI take my testing job?" is the question I hear most from people thinking about a career in QA. Instead of guessing, I went to the most reliable public source for US jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and read what it actually says about software QA analysts and testers, and about AI…

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  1. 2026-10-20 13:00 · DEV Community — AI
    Is software testing still a good career in 2026? What US data says about QA and AI

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