If you are good in observing & can think as a decoder, then Software Testing is really a good scope to excel in career. Moreover, Software Testing has many dimensions as in different types testing & multiple tools to enhance quality of the product or application.
Apart from Functional Testing; Performance & Security Testing are also important aspect which you can aim to excel in.

Just as an advice, do not restrict yourself to only Manual efforts as quality in less time & cost effective – is always preferred. Automation is the future if you are into Testing domain. With basic coding knowledge, you can write your own scripts and automate the test cases. Core Java, Shell scripting, VB scripting are most commonly used to write automation code among test engineers.

Apart from costly automation tool (like, HP QTP..) companies are inclining towards open-source tools (Selenium is most favorite) which are scalable and comes with zero cost. So, try to get the good hands on the automation tools after you get the good exposure & experience in Software Testing.

        One last point I feel is, it depends on the domain you are working for. I am also a tester in Banking domain. Here, the banking domain knowledge is very important and the testing engineer contributes to the requirement specification of the product also. If you have good scope, you can be in testing. Moreover, you will be promoted easily if you are in testing, as many people choose development.

Talking about compensation –

      I don’t see much difference in salary of developer or tester, in some cases developer get more where as in some cases testers get more. Depend on you always. Well, I have seen, people with 5 years of experience is getting 10+ (LPA) which is not less paid at all.

So, Finally, decision is up to you, how & where you want to start your career.

Comments & suggestions are welcome.