**Work Experience:** 10 Yrs\n**College:** Tier 3 \n**Location:** India\n\nIt took me almost 8 years to switch from QA to Dev. WHY?? I was capable but I was not willing to come out of comfort zone and laziness.\nTook almost 7 years for first switch and then started working to move into my dream role. \n\n**What was my career path and how much hike did I get? **\n\n**Company 1:**\n**First 5 Years-** Manual Testing\n**Next 1.5 Years-** Automation Testing 8 LPA \n\n**Company 2:**\n**Next 1 Year-** SDET\n**Next 1.5 Years-** SDE 18.5 LPA \n\n**Company 3:**\n**Last 1 Year-** SDE 50 LPA (One of FAANG Company) \n\n**Why am I sharing this?**\n**Not to showoff or earn praise.** I just want to convey few things: \n\n1. Changing role is possible at any stage as long as you keep on learning.\n2. College brand doesn\'t matter.\n3. There is never a cap on percentage of hike you get on switching jobs. Don\'t remain underpaid.\n4. If I can do it then you can also do it. \n\n**What helped me to prepare?**\n1. Zeal for learning\n2. Leetcode\n3. Google

Work Experience: 10 Yrs\nCollege: Tier 3 \nLocation: India\n\nIt took me almost 8 years to switch from QA to Dev. WHY?? I was capable but I was not willing to c