Advantages of working as a tester for a product based company

[James Allen]

What are the advantages of working as a tester for a product based company as opposed to a service based company?

[Sandhya.Kishannag]

Working in product based company - Can use automated tools,Routine Job, Less Tension,timely delivery,Proper Schedule, easy to calculate the resorce hrs.
working in product based companies give you more exposure of the products.

For every product we need to test various aspects, eg User Interface, functionality, robustness, Stability, Security etc. You gain experience of various testing domains.

Also if involved in early phase of product development, You will learn complete product development cycle

Once through with product development cycle, you can reach a higher up and work on overall Quality planning and not only testing