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What do you mean with licensing? What’s the difference to a university degree?
by lysium 2y ago
What do you mean with licensing? What’s the difference to a university degree?
- pizzafeelsright 2y agoThe paper ceiling is a silly gatekeeping done by those who have made it. I would be in favor of licensing knowing it would probably exclude me unless of course it does not require a university degree. I was not born into a family of means and being autodidactic allowed me to excel beyond my upbringing. The best path would be to have journeyman type of pathway.
- rockemsockem 2y agoNo. You'd still need to interview people because there's no license that will tell you who the good/great candidates are
- lizzas 2y agoVocational education vs. academic. Basically you find a grad right now and make them do a coding test. Something is broken there. A degree could include the vocational qualification as a 1 year study, but having the vocation qualification alone would save youngsters a lot of money and reduce the burden on hiring. You could even still interview coding questions but the application process can remove the spam/ai bullshit to some extent. "Can they code?" is answered.
- rockemsockem 2y agoAnd now you've moved the job of administering and evaluating coding tests to an organization that only does that. Who would want to work at such a place? Why would I trust the opinions of people who work at such a place?
- lizzas 2y agoIt is good enough for plumbing, bricklaying, food service etc. Why not coding.
- rockemsockem 2y agoI'm going to make the extremely controversial statement that writing software is a lot more difficult than all of those things. I acknowledge that some feel their contributions are at that level, but that doesn't mean it's the norm.