Interesting, this article touches on an internal dispute that has been going on for quite some time within our industry: the fact that software engineering as a

Interesting, this article touches on an internal dispute that has been going on for quite some time within our industry: the fact that software engineering as a profession is rather "loosy-goosey", that is, the lack of any formal accreditation standards that are common in other engineering professions. Granted, our industry is still very young compared to other engineering professions, so of course we still have kinks to work out. In my opinion, I believe it will benefit our industry in the long run if we can all agree on a base set of knowledge & skills that all self-proclaiming software engineers should have, no matter their specialization. Because right now, for having an "engineer" slapped at the end of our job title, the only form of standardization we have is a college degree.