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I am frankly both surprised and unsurprised at the same time with the comments from those supportive of government regulation of software engineering. If your a
by account1984 9y ago
I am frankly both surprised and unsurprised at the same time with the comments from those supportive of government regulation of software engineering. If your a hack who didn't learn to program until you went to school, I suppose I understand, you want to limit those entering your field to those who paid the same to play. However, how about all of those who are likely far smarter than you and learned to program as children and got into the industry right off the bat - does your jealousy dictate that they should have to pay some sort of admission cost?
It's pretty cute how the same yuppies who are supportive of strict regulation are lining up to praise childhood programming courses. By the time our children are grown, programming will be illegal without a license - ushered in by the mayhem created by hipsters programming insecure IoT devices. These are the same people who praise curiosity out of one side of their mouth, but insist no one should practice cryptography because it's far too hard for mortals to understand.
I would be delighted if academic America would get off it's high horse. You're starting to look an awful lot like Hollywood circa 1998.
- anigbrowl 9y agoLiterally nobody is making that argument, but have a good day.
- account1984 9y agoA few moments of reviewing your comment history in this thread indicates that you are not far from inferring a general complacency with the state of affairs - and it's okay, you aren't alone in this thread. However, that is the problem - people shouldn't be pushed around by bureaucratic functionaries because he hasn't paid the cover charge to use the title that is appropriate for his trade. He was sending an intelligible email with genuine, well researched claims - he was disrespected, fined and suppressed. I wonder how many emails Oregon is receiving now from engineers?
- anigbrowl 9y agoI suggest you spend more than a few moments on it as my arguments seem to have sailed completely over your head. Did you read any of the primary source documents in the article? If not then this is going to be a waste of time. If so, please reconcile your arguments with the fact that Jarlstrom initiated contact with the board in an attempt to push a city authority around, and then broke the agreement he made to abide by Oregon's code when it was explained to him absent any kind of bureaucratic sanction.