I’m a tradesman with a passion for tools of all sorts but especially the ones I personally find useful. As a non-developer, as an observer, if people want to c

I’m a tradesman with a passion for tools of all sorts but especially the ones I personally find useful. As a non-developer, as an observer, if people want to call themselves “software engineers”, and I think it’s a fair title: you are designing and building systems people rely on, then you need to take the first steps toward self-regulation before it’s imposed upon you. Yes, if you want to call yourself an engineer then you ought be able to prove under examination that you understand first principles. What those first principles are ought be determined by the industry itself in collaboration with a peak-body for oversight. What we have not is practically the Wild Wild West that is actively doing harm in some areas.