> Suggesting that this is a problem that the industry has had decades to solve on its own and has failed, and that it might now be time for the government to ge

> Suggesting that this is a problem that the industry has had decades to solve on its own and has failed, and that it might now be time for the government to get involved is certainly not "insane" either. I remember ten years ago when people had certifications from either Sun or Microsoft. They were completely worthless, and the people that had them fell in one of three categories: 1) The ones who got them as a joke, but were actually competent 2) The ones who got them seriously, to try to hide their incompetence 3) IT consultants who did jobs for big, boring, government agencies, or big, boring corporate IT departments and got them out of necessity to score those contracts. I see no reason to believe that a government backed IT license wouldn't suffer the same fate, and since those licences were useless, the government one will be, and therefore the suggestion is insane. However, there are industry certifications that aren't worthless, I place high value on the top Cisco networking certifications, but it's also very important to note that that part of IT is the most like conventional engineering and client expectations are sane and bounded. I see a pattern. Do you?