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Kind of an unpopular opinion, but we should create a formal certification system for developers. Not something like a license to code, but something more like a
by wan23 3y ago
Kind of an unpopular opinion, but we should create a formal certification system for developers. Not something like a license to code, but something more like a professional organization where to get in you have to do all the BS that you get in interviews. This is how it works for lawyers, doctors, accountants and other professionals. Imagine doctors going on job interviews and being asked trivia questions from high school biology like draw the Krebs Cycle on a whiteboard. It's ridiculous. If we could get the BS out of the way, job interviews could be more about finding out what an individual can bring to the organization. Everyone would be happier.
- mikhailfranco 3y agoThere are professional certifications for engineers, which are common in UK and Europe. For example, INCOSE for systems engineering. Ladder is based around 3 career steps: book knowledge; ~5 years experience; senior roles on major systems. Qualification depends on documented experience, reference systems, review from within the community, and interview. https://www.incose.org/certification https://www.incose.org/certification
- zihotki 3y agoBut does it work like that for other professions which also don't require a formal degree/license? Also how it would work world-wide or do you mean a national one and bar expats until they pass it? For doctors and lawyers one may need to go a long mile to get necessary paperwork done in order to work in another country
- ryandrake 3y agoWhat certification could do is ensure a bare minimum level of knowledge. You wouldn't be able to skip the interview, but you could shorten it and not require ridiculous things like FizzBuzz and "write a 'for loop' for me". It's not a silver bullet.
- erik_seaberg 3y agoTriplebyte tried to do this, but apparently companies were only skipping phone screens for those candidates, not interview rounds.