Very expensive! A good automation engineer who can architect scalable and maintainable test frameworks can easily make $150K/year. Test automation is not just "driver find element click". That part is easy and, indeed, costs $10/hour.
@@BondarAcademy Sir, I work as Senior SDET in Bangalore, India. I work for an US based product company. I have developed frameworks for multiple projects. Approximately 3000 test cases are executed every single day. I have created frameworks using Java with SpringBoot, Python with pytest-bdd, TypeScript-Playwright-Cucumber, RestAssured, WebdriverIO, Appium etc with all the reporting. I managed Jenkins pipelines / Azure pipelines. I have executed my code in Docker containers in past. Now, I'm learning AWS on project demand. I have done more than 30 certifications in various technologies like React, Express, GraphQL, Jmeter, K6, RestAssured, etc., I have also created small tools using Langchain & OpenAI for my project. Currently, I am learning & trying to create AI agents using Langgraph / CrewAI to remove unnecessary burden from my team and boost their productivity. It should be not very complex, but, sufficient enough to save some time. Sir, believe me, my current salary is not more than $25K/year including taxes. Here, highest salary is around 60K per year for Senior SDET with 8-10 years of experience working in MAANG companies.
@@BondarAcademy Probably, in U.S or U.K market cost is very high due to high living cost. For a good automation engineer who can architect a test frameworks. You can easily get within 25K-30K/year in India.👍 But, It's not easy to find a good reliable resource. You need to interview 200-300 engineers to get 2-3 engineers who can develop a good automation frameworks. Cost wise, 30K is really a very good salary in India for a person with 5-8 years of experience in fullstack SDET role.
@@AryaArsh I agree with you. Market matters as well. Companies in the US and UK can hire off-shore engineers from India, and many companies do. Unfortunately, it's hard to find good ones, as you have mentioned. For a company, it's often cheaper to pay $150K/year to on-shore skilled engineers than to spend time and money on 200-300 interviews trying to find a good engineer for 30K/year.
I'm currently watching your Udemy course. it's really the better option than RU-vid, given that Udemy frequently makes discounts and a good course can be found for even less money. Really the knowledge gap is a thing I've experienced - I've been watching your videos, did the exercises with you successfully but when it came time to implement it in real-life scenario --> brick wall. I've decided to change my approach and exercise on the project I work with at my job, hoping that by applying the learned into a project I need to work on I will learn better.
100% agree with you! You can develop hands-on skills working on a real project. But what is important in this approach, is that you should have someone more experienced than you in your team, who can provide guidance and feedback on your pull request. Otherwise, you are risking to learn how to do things incorrectly. If you are working alone, at least follow the "best practices" page for the framework and engage in the public communities learning from others. By the way, I have added the subscription plans at Bondar Academy, making it more affordable and competitive with Udemy pricing.
@@BondarAcademy I also agree with you! I've already made some successful tests on the project, but I doubt they're optimised. I have someone more experienced but will see if they can help or I need to do all by myself. Will have your advices in mind.
