> "But nobody was interested." No, no one took the PE exam for software engineering because it was effectively impossible. To become a PE, first the candidate

> "But nobody was interested." No, no one took the PE exam for software engineering because it was effectively impossible. To become a PE, first the candidate has to pass one of the Fundamentals of Engineering exam to become an engineer-in-training. Except, whoops, there wasn't ever a software specific FE exam; the most relevant one is the EE/Comp. E. exam. Take a look at the list of topics: https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Ele-CBT-specs.pdf https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Ele-CBT-specs.pdf. Most developers aren't going to pass that even with a CS degree. Secondly, you need 4-8 years of job experience while supervised by a licensed engineer. Again, whoops, there are barely any software developers with a PE license, so who would they get to supervise them? Only then do you get to take the PE exam for software engineering and become a licensed professional engineer. Frankly, the situation was so absurd that one has to suspect that NSPE didn't want to certify software developers as PEs.