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The whole reason that we have to go out of our way to promulgate and adhere to ethics is because otherwise ethics will be abandoned in the race to the bottom.
by kibwen 3y ago
The whole reason that we have to go out of our way to promulgate and adhere to ethics is because otherwise ethics will be abandoned in the race to the bottom.
It's long past time that "software engineer" became a protected term in the US, as unpopular as that may be among resume-padders.
- neilv 3y agoSpeaking as someone with a lot of paper credentials, who'd personally benefit from licensing software engineers... I think we're past the point that'd end up useful. For example, imagine FAANG lobbyists weighing in on what the criteria for a licensed software engineer should be. I think it'd probably end up a farce. OTOH, hold companies fully responsible for, say, products/services being secure... no butt-covering theatre, like saying you have processes, and that producing so much vulnerabilities that you need weekly security updates is somehow a good thing... and watch a platform bloodbath, and a scramble to figure out how to work with integrity.