There was a PE exam for software engineering in the USA, so I think it is possible to formalize the field for practice. Whether or not that formalization appeal

There was a PE exam for software engineering in the USA, so I think it is possible to formalize the field for practice. Whether or not that formalization appeals to practitioners is another discussion. In 2019, the PE software exam was discontinued: https://ncees.org/ncees-discontinuing-pe-software-engineering-exam/ https://ncees.org/ncees-discontinuing-pe-software-engineerin...