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> Would you want to work in a world where all programmers have to be trained, licensed and regulated with the same rigor as surgeons? Uh, yes... There are too

• collyw 9y ago
  Agreed.
• CamperBob2 9y ago
  So you either use no commercial software at all, or you're happy paying a hundred times what you paid for it, and doing so in return for the privilege of running 1980s-era applications in 2018.
• natalyarostova 9y ago
  The ability to build a top tier career from self-teaching is remarkable. It would be such a tragedy if this was stripped and replaced with a signalling based equilibrium run and/or structured by the government :(
  • CamperBob2 9y ago
    Very true. These people literally don't know what they're talking about, or what they're asking for. They've thought their plan through about five seconds into the future. Either that, or they're blatant featherbedders who aren't bothering to disclose their interests. In neither case do they belong on this site.
• setquk 9y ago
  Yes exactly that. The problem is that anyone can stitch a leg back on. We need people who can stitch the leg back on and the patient not die 3 months later or the leg fall off again. If you look at other engineering disciplines there are formal structured approaches to education and testing leading to chartered engineers etc. We could really do with the same. At the moment we have certifications which merely prove that the individual can pass an exam. I can routinely get near 100% on these sorts of test without knowing the subject or having any experience.