> Why can't we have some sort licensing board like a medical board so that you prove you can code, and then interviews aren't so time consuming. That's a reall

> Why can't we have some sort licensing board like a medical board so that you prove you can code, and then interviews aren't so time consuming. That's a really interesting point. I think you may have just nailed why the software developer hiring process is so broken right now. Our industry is about at the stage of maturity where civil engineering or medicine were circa the turn of the 20th century when state accreditation boards began licensing in those industries. I actually don't have a CS degree at all and admittedly poor understanding of algorithms and data structures as I originally was educated in code at an art school. But after 16 years writing code, due to the increasing amount of gatekeeping being put up around CS fundamentals I'm actually going "back to school" right now, taking online courseware to gain at least some rudimentary online certificates in those CS areas just to demonstrate that I'm qualified to continue working in the industry. It would actually be quite nice to have a real board certification in this stuff to study towards, rather than some BS online course certificate, or worse, having to re-do my entire undergrad 16 years into my career...