--- title: Medium | daily.dev description: A Quality Engineering Intern argues that technical knowledge — APIs, databases, networking, CI/CD, system design basics — should not be exclusive to software... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-56t22dktd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium | daily.dev og:description: A Quality Engineering Intern argues that technical knowledge — APIs, databases, networking, CI/CD, system design basics — should not be exclusive to software... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-56t22dktd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/56t22DKTd.png og:image:alt: Medium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Medium **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Quality Engineering Intern argues that technical knowledge — APIs, databases, networking, CI/CD, system design basics — should not be exclusive to software engineers. BAs, PMs, and QA professionals who understand these fundamentals communicate more clearly, estimate more accurately, and collaborate more effectively with developers. The post encourages everyone in tech to learn software engineering fundamentals without necessarily becoming a developer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What about juniors?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-about-juniors--qfe9o2iyu) · Tech Lead Digest · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-56t22dktd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Medium","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-56t22dktd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-56t22dktd"},"datePublished":"2026-07-26T02:59:40.860Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:17:59.181Z","description":"A Quality Engineering Intern argues that technical knowledge — APIs, databases, networking, CI/CD, system design basics — should not be exclusive to software...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d3ceaeb5f7539666732edc85bbd8e10c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d3ceaeb5f7539666732edc85bbd8e10c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-56t22dktd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career,testing","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Medium"}]} ```