Career switch · Free planning
Your next role starts with what you bring.
Explore a different IT direction, build the missing foundations and turn learning into a project you can show.
Explore all our lessons →Your starting point
What do you do today?
Experience you may bring: Breaking problems into smaller parts · Working with code and debugging. A job title does not confirm technical skills.
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Build on what you bring
Suggestions use your starting role and confirmed foundations. Vacancy volume does not determine your suitability.
Your transition roadmap
Test automation engineer
Foundations → guided lessons → a working project → real vacancy requirements.
19–29 weeks*
148–228 practice hours · 8 / week
*Editorial planning ranges for foundations and a first portfolio project. Actual time depends on prior experience and practice. Completing a plan does not guarantee a job or replace required professional experience.
How is the estimate calculated?
Each route has a practice budget. Each unconfirmed foundation adds 12 hours; a less adjacent starting role adds 60. Weeks are total hours divided by your selected weekly pace. These are transparent planning assumptions, not measured training outcomes.
01 · Build the foundation
What to bring, check and learn
Basic test design and enough programming to read and debug a test. Learn those first if they are new.
You confirmed
No foundations selected yet. Tick only skills you can demonstrate.
Check or learn first
Programming fundamentals · JavaScript / TypeScript · Software testing · Git / version control
A small first-week experiment
Read the first two linked lessons, make a small version of the project and inspect three real advertisements. Use that experience to decide whether to continue with this direction.
02 · Learn and practise
A route across several skills
- JavaScript fundamentals and browser assertions
- API and UI tests, test data and deterministic fixtures
- CI, trace diagnosis and flaky-test prevention
Start with our Typorithm lessons
Complete the gaps in coverage
Our lessons cover language, testing and CI concepts. Use the official guide for browser automation and test fixtures.
Playwright: official testing guide ↗03 · Build evidence
A reliable application test suite
Test a demo application you control, including a critical flow and deliberately broken behavior.
Self-review checklist · 0/3 checked · completing it does not certify job readiness
Checks last for this visit. Download the plan to keep a copy and record your project evidence.
04 · Read the market
Target-role vacancies
Current catalog advertisements for test automation engineer · all countries. Compare requirements as you learn; these are not a personal readiness score.
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Match analysis checks your existing profile against roles and shows core technology gaps. Use it when you want a role-specific check alongside this broader career plan.
Open match analysis →Make the work visible
Keep a project write-up, tests and examples you can explain. Add factual experience and learning projects to your profile before preparing an application.
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