What do you do? I have been a software tester for over 12 years. It was quite easy for me to work in a software company because I studied computer science at my university. During my first several years of work, I was really fond of developing some fancy and useful tools. I always felt a sense of accomplishment when I saw people using my tools to facilitate their work. It allowed me to feel very proud of myself. However when I jumped into another company, I lost the opportunity of being a developer. I can only be a software tester since I did pretty well in my testing job. I assume the reason is that I am a meticulous and responsible person. I always tend to make everything perfect. Besides that, I am also a serious person and always like to pursue the root cause of every issue. All of these personality traits make me a well-qualified software tester. Being a software tester means that you need to attend meetings to discuss customer requirements with other team members, design test cases to cover each requirement, execute the test cases to verify whether the software product complies with the requirement, and raise tickets if any issues are found during the test. Of course, normally, we also need to automate all the testing tasks by writing test scripts. Automation can not only safeguard the quality of our software product, but also save a lot of workload for us. What's more, testers are also responsible for reproducing issues from customer sites in our local environment and assist relevant developers to identify the root causes in a short time so that we can quickly deliver the fix and prevent the further loss for customers. After working for about 5 years, I gradually lost my passion for my job. Rather, I think it's important to spend more time to stay with my family members and teach my kid valuable life lessons. Educating child is far more significant than my own career success. I have been trying to make a good balance between work and family commitments.