> The great thing about software really is the fact you have the independence and ability to build and publicize your own stuff whereas in all the other formal

> The great thing about software really is the fact you have the independence and ability to build and publicize your own stuff whereas in all the other formal professions you can't without oversight. By the same token, software isn't really a professionalized activity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_professionalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_professio...