That’s like saying most developers are WordPress install monkeys. It may be locally true but it’s not globally so. Good QA people – and I’m sure Microsoft and similar major players have plenty of them – are just as skilled as the developers but working at different goals. In addition to security, they’ll be working on scalability, detailed correctness tests, fuzz testing and other automation techniques, etc.
If they can be replaced with a script, your employer has a management failure and is wasting a lot of money on short-term savings.
If they can be replaced with a script, your employer has a management failure and is wasting a lot of money on short-term savings.