In the context of this thread, it seems very much to be the case of "the public needs to be protected from software engineers." The N'th ancestor post very expl

In the context of this thread, it seems very much to be the case of "the public needs to be protected from software engineers." The N'th ancestor post very explicitly says that "we" are causing this problem. The idea being, if professional strictures were imposed upon us, that would give us a stronger ability to push back against those who set tasks in conflict with those strictures.