I agree entirely. It's just a matter of there not being any standards yet. I would hope that eventually we can all agree that even though such standards will

I agree entirely. It's just a matter of there not being any standards yet. I would hope that eventually we can all agree that even though such standards will never be perfect, and their establishment will be contentious, we need to do it for the overall benefit of society. It will mean licensed software engineers are more expensive to companies, companies will be required to respect those engineers and treat them like competent experts rather than functionaries, and even give the engineers the ability to grind the business to a halt if they point out fundamental engineering problems with the system. Companies will hate that. Some of the practices made standard will seem boring, over-cautious, etc to some engineers and some will not be able to pass whatever tests are put in place and engineers will hate that. The licensing itself will probably end up being a way for some functionary body to enrich itself while providing dubious value as is the case with many of the existing engineering licensing bodies. But, despite all that, the overall social benefits would outweigh the negatives. And failure to accept those negatives will leave us in an even worse position.