Market Research for Software Testing
In September 2023, we published a report on the results generated by summer polls we had run on social media. That seemed to resonate with our readers so we have decided to produce another one. In ‘Market Research for Software Testing’, we reveal the responses received via polls on LinkedIn and Twitter. These polls were posted from September to October, and we think the findings are very interesting indeed!
Read the article from Sep ’23, ‘Software Testing Market Research (A report)‘.
LinkedIn Poll Results
From the options provided, what are the biggest challenges in software testing?
Tight deadlines 100%
Poor communication 0%
Lack of skilled testers 0%
Other (please specify) 0%
What is the most frustrating type of software bug to find?
Syntax bugs 0%
Usability bugs 100%
Performance bugs 0%
Other (please specify) 0%
Software testers, do you plan on using ChatGPT or any other AI platform to create software testing scripts in the future?
Yes 100%
No 0%
Not sure 0%
Software testers: Which is the most difficult programming language to test?
HTML 33%
Python 0%
C 67%
Other (please specify) 0%
Do you like ChatGPT?
Yes 100%
No 0%
Software testers: Do you feel undervalued / underappreciated?
Yes 100%
No 0%
Twitter Poll Results
From the options provided, what are the biggest challenges in software testing?
Tight deadlines 50%
Poor communication 50%
Lack of skilled testers 0%
Other (please specify) 0%
What is the most frustrating type of software bug to find?
Syntax bugs 0%
Usability bugs 100%
Performance bugs 0%
Other (please specify) 0%
Software testers, do you plan on using ChatGPT or any other AI platform to create software testing scripts in the future?
Yes 100%
No 0%
Not sure 0%
Software testers: Which is the most difficult programming language to test?
HTML 25%
Python 0%
C 50%
Other (please specify) 25%
Do you like ChatGPT?
Yes 100%
No 0%
Software testers: Do you feel undervalued / underappreciated?
Yes 57.1%
No 42.9%
In Conclusion
Our Sep-Oct 2023 market research for software testing revealed the following:
- The biggest challenges in software testing are tight deadlines and poor communication
- Usability bugs are definitely the most frustrating type of software bug to find
- Software testers will most certainly be using ChatGPT or another AI platform to create testing scripts
- The most difficult programming languages to test are HTML and C
- All of our poll participants like ChatGPT
- Most of our software testers still feel undervalued after we ran the same poll during the summer; however, many of our Twitter voters thankfully now feel differently
What do you think about these findings? Are there any surprises? If you believe so then we would love to hear from you. If you’d like to participate in future polls, then why not follow theICEway ecosystem on social media: