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Software testing is a funny kind of profession.
With almost no training or experience a reasonably well-organized child could do it. The result would be mediocre, but better than nothing. Computer Science graduates can work longer hours, and have better organizational skills, otherwise they are not qualitatively better software testers than children. Okay, let's say this graduate really applies himself, reads some QA books, and gains real-world project experience. In a year or eighteen months he will probably be a pretty good software tester.