Hi @amcharrett
To me there’s a couple of angles to this topic.
- Career progressions of testing professionals, see an an example here Career paths for testing specialists
- Is there a ceiling? Not to me, I have managed testing for 10+ years, but it’s recently more about the testing and not the testers. Test management is around the Expectations around Testing
- Areas/domains that we can develop - sure. We look into testing in other IT domains (See Innovation in Testing and Broaden the scope of the SUT )
The manual test case work is under pressure though, especially in software development contexts where Modern Testing Principles are applied. See Ask Me Anything: Modern Testing