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Making people's phones overheat and changing file extensions on their PCs isn't enough of a problem Thats all it comes down to. When programmers are doing thi
by cloudjacker 10y ago
Making people's phones overheat and changing file extensions on their PCs isn't enough of a problem
Thats all it comes down to.
When programmers are doing things that actually endanger people's lives directly, actually alter the physical living environment directly, then you will see governing authorities pushing for licenses.
- dv_dt 10y agoEngineers design passenger aircraft, rockets, cars, and medical devices without needing licenses - the products themselves are strongly regulated. Requiring the engineers developing the product to carry licenses will just raise the overhead cost of developing such products. I think the key difference is certifying the product when there are multiple instances of the product being made is cheaper. For civil engineering, most of the projects are unique (and even if the design is something of a copy - then the sites present unique challenges). So maybe it makes more sense there to license the engineers.
- tim333 10y ago>When programmers are doing things that actually endanger people's lives directly... Toyota famously had some issues with their software and fatalities. It'd be hard to license software development though because it's such a quickly changing field. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9643204