We need to establish the idea that to work professionally as a software engineer, you must be a member of a professional organization. This could come through

We need to establish the idea that to work professionally as a software engineer, you must be a member of a professional organization. This could come through two paths: 1. Directly lobbying the biggest tech companies to institute it in their hiring. If Google required ACM membership for all developers, ACM membership would actually matter. This would also help to trickle down to small employers. 2. Lobby at "access points." Maybe AWS should require that any system with an annual bill of $1k or more had a professional developer involved. 3. Lobby the government to require professional licensing for anyone working on large-scale production software.