First, thanks for setting this up! It seems like everything in the manifesto boils down to #1 ("I will act according to my conscience"), because everything els

First, thanks for setting this up! It seems like everything in the manifesto boils down to #1 ("I will act according to my conscience"), because everything else is vague enough to be debatable. Some engineering disciplines augment high-level oaths (such as this one) with concrete, enforceable codes of conduct. They also put in place a barrier to entry, so that phrases such as "will do my very best" carry with them the force of assumed competence -- i.e., there's a limit on precisely how bad "best" is allowed to be. Do you support the professionalization of Software Engineering? Have we reached a point where software is important and pervasive enough that legally enforceable professional codes of conduct are now reasonable? I ask because it seems odd to me that someone would think something like this pledge is necessary and good, but also not support treating Software Engineering as a proper engineering discipline. So I'm very interested in your reasoning, especially if your answer to the above question is "no". Again, thanks!