The Future of QA Careers: Fireside Chat with Rahul Shetty
An open Q&A on AI, automation, career growth, interview preparation, and the skills testers need to stay relevant in 2026 and beyond.
📅 16th September 2026 | Wednesday🕘 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM IST 💻 Live on Zoom | Free to attend
Session Overview
If you picked up Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or API automation in the last decade, there's a good chance Rahul Shetty taught you. He's one of the most widely followed test automation educators in the world, and much of his recent work has gone into the question the industry is now asking out loud: what happens to testing careers when AI can write the tests?
On 16th September, Rahul joins The Test Tribe for an open session. No slides, no prepared keynote. You bring the questions, he answers them.
What you'll take away
Which QA roles are growing, which are shrinking, and what that means for you
The skills worth learning next, and the ones no longer worth the effort
How AI is actually being used in testing teams, not just in demos
What interview panels are asking in 2026, and what gets candidates rejected
About the speaker:
Rahul Shetty is a global QA-AI instructor, international speaker, and former Microsoft SDET with over 15 years of IT industry experience.
As the founder of Rahul Shetty Academy and TechSmartHire, he has trained over 1.3 million learners across 195 countries through 30+ best-selling automation and AI courses.
Who should join
Manual testers planning their next move. Automation engineers and SDETs. QA leads and hiring managers trying to read where this is going. Anyone in quality who wants a straight answer instead of a LinkedIn take.
About The Test Tribe:
The Test Tribe, established in 2018, is the world's largest software testing community and an EdTech startup. We empower testing professionals globally with expert courses, memberships, events, and community initiatives, fostering collaboration, learning, and growth. With over 925+ events and a global reach of 170K+ testers from 130+ countries, our mission is to provide life-altering growth to every testing professional.