3 ms·
Other professions handle this via professional qualifications. Architects - and please do contradict me actual architects! - are not tested on their knowledge o
by mrwh 4y ago
Other professions handle this via professional qualifications. Architects - and please do contradict me actual architects! - are not tested on their knowledge of basic architectural concepts as part of interviewing at a firm, because that's what the professional qualification is for. You have done the test already.
And here's where our industry isn't a "real" profession yet. There are plenty of qualifications one can get, but none that gates the ability to call oneself a software engineer. The result: we have to prove it in interviews.
And I don't know whether this is better or not. It is different though. The price of not having to sit through exams is to have to jump through hoops.
- lordnacho 4y agoThat system is basically "sit through one exam when you're young". This can work fine in something that's not as detailed as coding. The thing with software is people tend to think of it as something that needs maintenance to stay fresh, perhaps a bit like piloting an airplane. Airplanes have logs and pilots recertify on an ongoing basis, but software doesn't work like that. Someone might have stopped coding but still have a title. I'm not saying software actually does work like that, but I'm sure it's a view some people subscribe to.
- schwartzworld 4y agoIs there anyone who has never had a bad experience with a licensed qualified professional? Bad doctors, dentists and lawyers are easy to find. I wish I had a way of gauging knowledge before letting someone drill my teeth