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A lot of the software that built this modern world was created by people who would be disgusted by this credentialist crap.
by tracerbulletx 2y ago
A lot of the software that built this modern world was created by people who would be disgusted by this credentialist crap.
- sojournerc 2y agoI get it, this is hacker news after all, but it really could be worthwhile for the profession to differentiate between someone who picked up Python for a weekend project, and someone with 30 years experience with real-world systems. Would you get surgery from someone in a back alley? Is that credentialist crap?
- shermantanktop 2y agoThe first surgeon had no credentials and no “relevant experience.” And that surgeon probably didn’t do a great job at first. This industry is still within memory of the first digital computers. Now we have lots of rote work, some interesting and novel areas, and a small sliver of wacky innovation. But I think many here cherish that self-image of the self-taught inventor… this is “hacker” news after all. I for one am not ready to give someone undue credibility because of a title or piece of paper.
- pedrosorio 2y ago> differentiate between someone who picked up Python for a weekend project, and someone with 30 years experience with real-world systems Why do you need credentials to differentiate these two?
- Barrin92 2y agoBecause unlike in most actual engineering disciplines software developers generally aren't held particularly liable for the failures that their bad engineering causes, whereas people who build faulty bridges or airplanes don't have that luxury. Software has built a lot of modern toys but it still plays a relatively limited role in the world of atoms rather than bits, but I suspect the value of credentials is going to appreciate as that changes over the next few decades.
- tracerbulletx 2y agoI'd say software is deeply integrated with all forms of engineering at this point because of modeling.