Hi everyone. I’m a fresher at LTIMindtree, Kolkata for 6 months, trained as SDET.

Skilled in Selenium C#, Playwright JS/TS, and API testing (RestSharp, HttpClient).

I was moved to training/bench with no interviews.

Manager says I’m not project-ready; new manager avoids queries.

With ~400 on bench and projects needing 1+ year experience, I feel stuck.

1. How hard is switching now?
2. Can I move to dev roles?
3. Do Azure/Databricks certs help?

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Don't switch now, as you are hired as a fresher here, you don't have any bench policy. I saw a huge crowd seated on the bench upto 6 months to 1 year who got hired from placements.

Try to focus on the dev role, do not be stuck in a testing role, or even try for a data engineer role.

Learn new stacks build your resume strong and definitely you will get a client.

Your salary is not affecting lti so they ignore your bench period.

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