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> The day you need a license to write code is the day I start a coding-as-civil-disobedience program. It's the same as being a lawyer, a doctor, a nurse or a C
by WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
> The day you need a license to write code is the day I start a coding-as-civil-disobedience program.
It's the same as being a lawyer, a doctor, a nurse or a CPA. Those are careers that can cause a lot of harm to other people, yet programmers think they're above it all.
Wait until someone takes control of a smart power grid, or a self driving car/truck/airplane because of outsourcing or someone writes some shit software that causes an airplane to fall out of the sky.
- richiebful1 6y agoThe Boeing 737 MAX is already an example of cost-cutting in software leading to measurable deaths. But Boeing took the flak, not the software engineering profession as a whole.
- scollet 6y agoRight, it's a matter of risk level. There are plenty - if not the majority - of disciplines in software and firmware that don't have these levels of risk. I can still write a dog sharing social media app, but I wouldn't be able to interface with a satellite. Something along those lines.