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The challenge for certifying in software engineering seems similar to the challenges you'd face in any creative, building oriented professions. That is you can'
by eikenberry 2y ago
The challenge for certifying in software engineering seems similar to the challenges you'd face in any creative, building oriented professions. That is you can't test for it with some sort of standard exam. You need to have the person build something and then have established masters of the field evaluate it. But that requires a professional structure we don't have.
- ghaff 2y agoRelatively few engineers of any kind (outside of Civil Engineering)--much less other STEM--have PE licenses in the US. They're mostly required if you're going to be signing off on things for regulators etc. You could do it but now you require a 4+ year degree, exams, and some years of working under a certified engineer.
- vunderba 2y agoMany other engineering disciplines have a PE exam, including mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. I'm not sure why you believe that software engineering is somehow more difficult to test in a rigorous manner than those fields. In point of fact, computer science did at one point have an official equivalent PE exam, but it was bafflingly removed a few years ago though I'm not entirely clear on the reason. This is exactly what happens when you don't gate keep enough - employers lose all trust in potential candidates core competencies, and thus we have the increasing arms race of 40 hour multi project 12 course interviews.
- pseudalopex 2y ago> In point of fact, computer science did at one point have an official equivalent PE exam, but it was bafflingly removed a few years ago though I'm not entirely clear on the reason. It was removed because 100 people registered in 6 years.