How to develop as a tester?

Question

Software testing

A little background:
That year I graduated from the Moscow State Technical University named after Bauman with a degree in navigation systems and started developing rocket fuel transportation systems (during my studies I worked part-time in my specialty), but I wanted to be closer to it, and therefore I recently quit and moved to QA. Knowing a somewhat biased attitude towards the profession in our country, I will say right away that it was a completely conscious choice. I got acquainted with the topic, received a theoretical base from the course on udacity, Kaner's book and articles on Habré, went to several interviews, chose an offer and now I am doing manual functional testing of two web services.
Knowledge:
HTML, CSS - I make layout without any problems,
Javascript + jQuery - nothing serious, all sorts of carousel sliders,
Python - small utilities, parsers,
SQL - simple queries on several tables,
Extensive experience in compiling various technical documentation, including test instructions, operation manuals,
English is approximately upper intermediate, I communicate without problems.
What I would like to:
Develop and become cool in automated or load testing.
I would be grateful if someone gives specific advice on how to most effectively achieve this goal.
It is also interesting how you became a tester.

Answer 1

I worked as a Monkey Tester for about 2 years, then I learned Python and started writing autotests. Wrote correctly from the point of view of the programmer, but clumsily from the point of view of the tester. Then I changed the company where I was introduced to Java. The main growth, I would say, occurred after mastering the main tools: Java, WebDriver, SeleniumGrid2, PageFactory, Maven, TestNG, JS. JS is very necessary for testing Angular pages. In the future, you will need JDBC, Spring, Hibernate. Sorry for such a short story, good luck

Answer 2

habrahabr.ru/post/230925
QA engineers are practically no different from junior-/junior+ and middle-. Start learning some Java to understand OOP.
> I communicate without problems
If you don't go on business trips and don't write tons of text in English, then any official test will lower your level to pre-intermediate.

Answer 3

evolve towards test automation

Answer 4

School of Testers in the USA www.youtube.com/user/SiliconValleyVoice/featured, look at their salaries.