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Programming is the profession with the least barriers to turn into a career. Most others has mandatory licensing, degrees, training, etc. How long does it take
by pkaye 11y ago
Programming is the profession with the least barriers to turn into a career. Most others has mandatory licensing, degrees, training, etc. How long does it take to be a doctor? A Lawyer? Most traditional engineering degrees? Heck working as a barber takes more effort in most states.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoHence a lot of people have problems with calling our field 'engineering,' when you compare the training and licensure of programmers with 'real' engineers. I personally like it, though I prefer programmer over engineer regardless.
- Nursie 11y agoThis is also probably why there are so many just-plain-awful coders out there who don't belong in the same room as people who do things well.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoAt the same time, disparities in practitioner quality are going to exist in every field, not just software development.
- pkaye 11y agoThere are "just-plain-awful" engineers in other fields of engineering also. I started my career doing mechanical and electrical design work before gradually switching to programming (and then getting a degree.) Engineers who don't understand gear ratios, tolerances, circuit design, etc. Maybe a little more in the programming because that is where the money is at right now.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Programming is the profession with the least barriers to turn into a career. That's largely because its not a profession, by any of the usual definitions that separate a "profession" from a "job".