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Sounds like you’re arguing for a professional licensing regime to exist
by Henchman21 1y ago
Sounds like you’re arguing for a professional licensing regime to exist
- ghaff 1y agoIn software at least, professional licensing exams basically petered out because no one required them so no one cared.
- billy99k 1y agoMy guess is that it would impede outsourcing and end up costing companies too much money.
- ghaff 1y agoIn general, licensing is for regulatory reasons (e.g. signing off on drawings). Engineers don't generally do it unless there is some industry requirement to do so (especially in civil engineering). And there mostly isn't in software. I started the engineer-in-training track when I was in the offshore drilling industry but then I left and never went back.
- thrown-0825 1y agoThere should be. Engineers are liable for their failure.
- sensanaty 1y agoAnd on the plus side that liability also provides people a lever with which they can push back against stupid managerial decisions. My father was an aeronautical engineer, and his favorite word to say to management was "No". Yes, the engine inspection takes a long time. No, I cannot cut corners in any way just to save you some money (No idea if this is just one of his stories or a real situation, but you get the idea :p ). I don't know why people are so against it in this field
- tukantje 1y agoWe have this idea that gatekeeping in all its forms is bad; and like all absolutes it is not true.
- syncmaster913n 1y ago> and like all absolutes it is not true. Like this absolute? ;-)
- agent327 1y ago> I don't know why people are so against it in this field Because the vast majority of failing software just means inconvenience, rather than disaster.
- thrown-0825 1y agoTell that to people having their identities stolen every time a data breach happens.