> Hell if there was a License requirement for development when I was a teen I likely would have never learned how to develop code in the first place There are

> Hell if there was a License requirement for development when I was a teen I likely would have never learned how to develop code in the first place There are cadres of people that struggle through medical licensing just for the chance to make less money than an unlicensed software engineer. I can only imagine that licensing (or some functionally equivalent regulatory mechanism) would boost the quality of the labor pool. > I though HN was all about equality seems odd you would promote blocking out people and only allowing in the elite. You may not be aware of this, but there are a wide variety of ways for people to get into STEM or medicine without being an elite. Heck, there’s billboards showcasing the non-elites being given free access to Harvard training. > The Trades are FULL of licensed scam artists Take a look at that research article that I linked in my parent comment. It identifies some suggestions for how to fix the situation by switching to a mandatory registration program, instead of licenses, or how to fix the licensing boards so that they properly punish incompetence or other professional failings.