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Yea I think it is precisely that. When I interview at AmaGoogFaceSoft, they can't take my word for it that I know how to code my way out of a cardboard box. S

by dmoy 9y ago

Yea I think it is precisely that. When I interview at AmaGoogFaceSoft, they can't take my word for it that I know how to code my way out of a cardboard box. So my interviews tend to be fairly technical, making me prove that I know what I know, and might actually be a useful asset to the company. When my wife (a CPA) interviews, they know that she knows a whole bunch of stuff, by virtue of being able to go the accreditation board. So when she interviews, it tends to be a super mile high sanity check (have you done accounts receivable/payable before, yes? no? If no that's ok too...) I can't speak for medical, but I have family in law and it tends to lean a lot more towards the accounting style for interviewing (barring maybe some patent law or other specializations). E.g. one had an interview for a corporate banking regulatory position that went roughly "Oh you have no experience in banking or regulatory law? Well that's ok, welcome aboard anyways."

vonmoltke 9y ago
> When my wife (a CPA) interviews, they know that she knows a whole bunch of stuff, by virtue of being able to go the accreditation board. So when she interviews, it tends to be a super mile high sanity check (have you done accounts receivable/payable before, yes? no? If no that's ok too...) All the accreditation board knows is that she knew enough at one time to pass the tests. It says nothing about whether she still knows that stuff today. It's the same thing with a PE license. In fact, with a PE the advice is to take the test as soon after graduation as you are able, because the further out of school you are the harder it is to pass. So, it says you knew that stuff once. It cannot be used as a measure of current competency.
- dmoy 9y ago
  Well for CPA at least, there's continuing education requirements you have to meet, which varies by state. I dunno how it works for a PE.
  - auxym 9y ago
    Engineering licensing also varies a lot by jurisdiction (by state in the US). In my (canadian) province, the actual license test has no technical component, but there is a continuing education requirement, plus the deontology/ethics requirement I mentioned in the GP.
  - u801e 9y ago
    Medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and optometry, at least, also require continuing education contact hours in order to maintain a professional license.
  - vonmoltke 9y ago
    PEs have continuing education requirements as well. They are, largely, a joke compared to what software engineers are supposed to do to prepare for a single FAANG interview. For example, Texas (where I would have been licensed had I pursued it) requires 15 hours per year, of which at least one must be ethics[1]. I went to a one-day power supply seminar sponsored by TI (just because I wanted to) that would have covered half that requirement. Are two day-long seminars really enough to keep current in anything technical? [1] http://engineers.texas.gov/cep_info.htm http://engineers.texas.gov/cep_info.htm

by dmoy 9y ago

vonmoltke 9y ago

> When my wife (a CPA) interviews, they know that she knows a whole bunch of stuff, by virtue of being able to go the accreditation board. So when she interviews, it tends to be a super mile high sanity check (have you done accounts receivable/payable before, yes? no? If no that's ok too...) All the accreditation board knows is that she knew enough at one time to pass the tests. It says nothing about whether she still knows that stuff today. It's the same thing with a PE license. In fact, with a PE the advice is to take the test as soon after graduation as you are able, because the further out of school you are the harder it is to pass. So, it says you knew that stuff once. It cannot be used as a measure of current competency.

dmoy 9y ago
Well for CPA at least, there's continuing education requirements you have to meet, which varies by state. I dunno how it works for a PE.
- auxym 9y ago
  Engineering licensing also varies a lot by jurisdiction (by state in the US). In my (canadian) province, the actual license test has no technical component, but there is a continuing education requirement, plus the deontology/ethics requirement I mentioned in the GP.
- u801e 9y ago
  Medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and optometry, at least, also require continuing education contact hours in order to maintain a professional license.
- vonmoltke 9y ago
  PEs have continuing education requirements as well. They are, largely, a joke compared to what software engineers are supposed to do to prepare for a single FAANG interview. For example, Texas (where I would have been licensed had I pursued it) requires 15 hours per year, of which at least one must be ethics[1]. I went to a one-day power supply seminar sponsored by TI (just because I wanted to) that would have covered half that requirement. Are two day-long seminars really enough to keep current in anything technical? [1] http://engineers.texas.gov/cep_info.htm http://engineers.texas.gov/cep_info.htm