He does mention in the article that programming is different from some other fields in that it is not regulated: "Unlike other fields such as medicine and civi

He does mention in the article that programming is different from some other fields in that it is not regulated: "Unlike other fields such as medicine and civil engineering, in most countries, software programming is not regulated." Medicin and Law definitely fall under the "regulated" category. I can definitely apply his point to science and math because just because you know one area of study very deeply, doen't mean you know much if anything about other areas under the same field. EDIT: Just to add on the regulated point--it can mean that the varying paths to knowledge are narrower with less variation. You're not a lawyer unless you go through a pre-approved 3 year curriculum, and pass a standardized test (bar). This limits he "why didn't you know about this" complaints because most lawyers have had a very similar path to knowledge.