>> That's because programming is nothing like any of those professions. That assertion is blatantly wrong. Software engineers are like civil engineers and mec

>> That's because programming is nothing like any of those professions. That assertion is blatantly wrong. Software engineers are like civil engineers and mechanical engineers because, ummm, yeah, of that word engineer. See? I found the following on The Internets... "California licenses Professional Engineers in the following engineering disciplines: Agricultural, Chemical, Civil, Control System, Electrical, Fire Protection, Industrial, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Nuclear, Petroleum, and Traffic." It's almost certain that software engineers will be licensed... just like many other engineers. Why? Because certification helps to ensure people who call themselves "software engineers" meet certain standards. Just like blind people normally aren't able to obtain a driver's license, people who can't solve FizzBuzz shouldn't receive a license to be software engineers. You are always free to launch a revolution in the hopes of overthrowing your national government so that you can make the regulations and laws you would like. In the meantime, when the jurisdiction you are in creates a requirement for certain software engineers to become certified (not "if" but "when"), even if the law were to apply to software engineers like you (the arrogant artistic types, you know what I mean, right?), I suppose you'll probably be grandfathered in because governments usually don't want to fight too hard to initiate new regulations and laws. Grandfathering the "crusy old-timers" like you keeps you off their collective back because, at the end of the day, you probably don't really care about the issue generally. You probably simply don't want to be bothered to spend the time and energy to become certified.