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You could do per-state licensing as happens in other professions. So perhaps, California would have the highest standards with Google/Facebook employees pushin

You could do per-state licensing as happens in other professions. So perhaps, California would have the highest standards with Google/Facebook employees pushing them to do so to create barriers to entry, but Mississippi would end up with the bare minimum. I wouldn't find it terrible if Software Engineering were licensed, in the same way that law is---with the board consisting of prominent practicing members of the existing population, and all current members grandfathered in so it only affects upcoming generations.

southern_cross 8y ago
You know, if they went down the licensing path then they would probably have to pretty much ban Windows for any serious professional use, since it's not really "fit for purpose" and never has been. (Minimal acceptable standards would probably be some type of hard-core Unix-like OS.) The same might be true for a lot of the open source stuff which is currently so popular.