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I’m shocked at how important software development is to the 21st century economy while we still don’t have anything even remotely resembling a licensing exam.

I’m shocked at how important software development is to the 21st century economy while we still don’t have anything even remotely resembling a licensing exam. I’d honestly welcome one, if for no other reason than to be able to make some assumptions about what my co-workers already know vs. what I’m going to have to explain: do they know what a socket is? Do they know how public key cryptography works? Do they know the difference between a unit test and an integration test? It might not be perfect, but it would be a heck of a lot better than what we have now.

dudul 7y ago
> Do they know the difference between a unit test and an integration test? Funny when you think of how many blog posts, flame wars, SO questions exist on the internet just to debate what is indeed a unit test, and what is an integration test :) Who would have the legitimacy to design such an exam?
- analog31 7y ago
  >>> Who would have the legitimacy to design such an exam? If it's like civil engineering, it would be the regulatory body that determines the approved technologies and design formulas for your field. The exam would be based on those standards. I'm not sure most governments would even approve public key cryptography. Better watch what you ask for. ;-)
socialist_coder 7y ago
you'd just have people who learn how to pass the licensing exam by rote memory who still can't actually program
- jedberg 7y ago
  You can make an exam that can't be passed this way. It just takes work to both create and grade.