Yes as I mentioned in a reply above these are very good points, but there is a significant difference of context, don't you think? Certification and licensing o

Yes as I mentioned in a reply above these are very good points, but there is a significant difference of context, don't you think? Certification and licensing of medical personnel came about over many years because of the very great harm that could be done by those pretending to know what they were doing. What is at risk for most companies in hiring a programmer is more along the lines of a few hours of interview time, and the few weeks of ramp-up that might have been wasted. If an unqualified person can get in, go undetected, and do real harm to the company and its business then that is a failure of a different sort, imo.