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>> I am a firm believer that our industry as a whole suffers from the lack of a "professional society" like some of the traditional engineering disciplines. Is
by Dracophoenix 4y ago
>> I am a firm believer that our industry as a whole suffers from the lack of a "professional society" like some of the traditional engineering disciplines.
Isn't that what the IEEE and ACM is for? I'd argue that there isn't a dearth in "professional/academic societies" or "guilds". If anything there are far too many of them. Before you fall into the trap of inventing the umpteenth "all-encompassing" computing guild, like in that XKCD comic, how about trying to address the underlying problem that you'd like to have solved?
- johnbellone 4y agoIt isn't a trap that I am going to fall into because it isn't a problem that I am trying to solve. I firmly believe that the problem to solve is much closer to facilitating and recording the results of the ceremonies. That is effectively done in part by the above organizations but, in my opinion, the real problem lies with the follow up about implementation inside of the real world. I do think that USENIX is much better at _that_ than the ACM or IEEE.