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# How I Became An Automation Engineer
- URL: https://www.kenst.com/how-i-became-an-automation-engineer/
- Published: 2019-07-02T20:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-09T02:42:17.000Z
- Author: Chris Kenst
- Tags: Speaking, Test Automation, Teaching

Have you ever wondered what an Automation Engineer is or what they do? I’ve never found a great definition so I shared my experiences on **How I Became an Automation Engineer** and what that first year has looked like: the good, bad and the ok. I also talked a bit about the future of this role and the many challenges I see it facing (which might be a bit controversial).

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## Slides

## References

- [GitHub repo with slides and references](https://github.com/ckenst/how-automation-engineer-talk?ref=kenst.com)
- [My Publications](https://www.kenst.com/publications/)
- [OnlineTestConf page](https://www.onlinetestconf.com/sessions/chris-kenst-how-i-became-an-automation-engineer/?ref=kenst.com)
- Thanks for Katja for this great sketch note:

> How I became an automation engineer by ⁦[@ckenst](https://twitter.com/ckenst?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=kenst.com)⁩ ⁦[@OnlineTestConf](https://twitter.com/OnlineTestConf?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=kenst.com)⁩ [#onlinetestconf](https://twitter.com/hashtag/onlinetestconf?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=kenst.com) [#katjasays](https://twitter.com/hashtag/katjasays?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=kenst.com) [#sketchnotes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sketchnotes?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=kenst.com) [#testautomation](https://twitter.com/hashtag/testautomation?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=kenst.com) [pic.twitter.com/AaaV3Sdryb](https://t.co/AaaV3Sdryb?ref=kenst.com)
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> — Ekaterina Budnikov (@KatjaBudnikov) [June 5, 2019](https://twitter.com/KatjaBudnikov/status/1136329975576125441?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=kenst.com)

## Update:

Since the OnlineTestConf I’ve given this talk a few more times, the latest video you can find on my list of [Publications](https://www.kenst.com/publications/). I’ve also written up some [FAQs](https://www.kenst.com/faqs-to-how-i-became-an-automation-engineer-talk/) in case that helps!