Yes, the medical field has its share of bureaucracy that mainly serves as job gatekeeping. Just consider the cases where a small lateral move in the medical fie

Yes, the medical field has its share of bureaucracy that mainly serves as job gatekeeping. Just consider the cases where a small lateral move in the medical field means you have to go back to school to recredentialize in the thing you've already been doing. It's very HN and self-aggrandizing to act like the software 99.9% of us are writing is so important that it needs gatekeep credentials. And the important software that does exist already needs its own processes for quality and safety, not depend on software engineers having some feelgood credentials. If its status you want, then just get a higher status tech job.