>One difference is that a license is required to practice civil engineering The world would be a better place if developers (or the company they work for) were

>One difference is that a license is required to practice civil engineering The world would be a better place if developers (or the company they work for) were as much on the hook for bugs in software as en engineer is for a bug in a bridge. How programming can still be the wild west in 2020 is beyond me. I've read some good thoughts about this topic by Poul-Henning Kamp (Varnish, FreeBSD) but can't seem to find it at the moment.