⚡️Mentorpiece Vacy Index: Comparing Traditional QA and AI QA Hiring Dynamics Over 6 Months
Let’s take a look at QA hiring dynamics across traditional vs. AI roles over the past six months.
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⚡️Mentorpiece Vacy Index August 2026: AI app testing job postings up 3 months straight
Daily tracking of job openings across 1,500+ tech companies reveals an emerging upward trend in AI testing roles. While this growth starts from a low base and remains modest, it offers a spark of hope amidst the ongoing decline in Manual QA and Automation/Senior QA roles.
⚡️Mentorpiece Vacy Index July 2026: Surprisingly, all the hiring this month is in the green zone
Despite the annual summer lull, July unexpectedly saw a rise in the percentage of US companies with open job listings - even for roles like Manual QA. Here is what my custom-built IT hiring index reveals about hiring for Manual QA, Automation, and ML Evaluation engineers this month:
⚡️Mentorpiece Vacy Index June 2026: Classic Tech Role Hiring Drops, While Dedicated AI Remains Niche
Unfortunately, the Tech Hiring Activity Index for June offers little good news. However, one compelling trend stands out:
Is the tech job market recovering or still collapsing? I built an AI-driven indicator to track the truth.
The standard way to gauge tech hiring activity - counting active job postings - is fundamentally broken. The metric ignores three structural shifts happening simultaneously:
Why It’s Too Late to Learn Automation (and What to Do Next)
The idea for this post came to me during a regular meeting with my fellow mentors, SDETs from several international companies. We were discussing the future of the QA Automation market and reached some rather interesting conclusions.