With test automation becoming essential to the testing and QA environment, will the Manual tester become obsolete? Opinions that spell doom for those focused on manual testing and predicting that it is the end of the road for them, are all around. It is true that today, software test automation has become imperative to product development success. Automation is now the only way to match the speed of development. However, this does not mean that manual tester is now irrelevant. But, it is also true that manual testers have to evolve and look beyond their traditional strengths to ensure that they do not get sacrificed at the altar of automation.