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Idk licensing and regulation sounds like involving more institutional arrogance. We effectively have that kind of gatekeeping now with the University degree an
by purplemoonx 2mo ago
Idk licensing and regulation sounds like involving more institutional arrogance.
We effectively have that kind of gatekeeping now with the University degree and University recruiting pipelines (all other candidates are "external" and illegally deprioritized but it's somehow allowed).
The CTO shouldn't have to pay, the company should. And then maybe they will be incentivized to hire somebody who knows what they're doing.
Licensing just gatekeeps it more to even more dumbass people with connections getting good roles. It should be more merit based to avoid this kind of thing. People who have done it a thousand times should get that job, not some dumb kid who just got out of school.
- QuadmasterXLII 2mo agothis idea that government regulation is the problem and the companies need economic incentives to self regulate is a religion around here, and after incredible amounts of evidence that is untrue, like all religions, it’s practitioners have made zero changes to their opinion.
- toomuchtodo 2mo agoAs a cybersecurity practitioner, regulation and oversight is the only incentive that moves the needle in my experience. If there are no costs or negative outcomes for not caring about security, security will not be prioritized. Big fan of SEC Breach Reporting via Form 8-K, as well as state reporting requirements. https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gerding-cybersecurity-incidents-05212024 https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gerding-cyb... https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/security-breach-notification-laws https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/security-b...
- purplemoonx 2mo agoKinda feel like you get corruption no matter if it's pure socialism or pure capitalism, and that any system is a reflection of the people.
- perpetuallunch 2mo agoThere is exactly zero evidence that any religion isn’t true. How could there be? Evolution can’t disprove the existence of God.
- arethuza 2mo agoAll depends which god we are disproving the existence of?
- purplemoonx 2mo agoProve Zeus didn't fart the Earth into existence, otherwise that's what happened
- goatlover 2mo agoWelcome to Invisible Pink Unicorns and orbiting tea pots. You're just a fleeting experience of a Boltzmann Brain in the background of high entropy universe. We don't need to disprove radically skeptical or outlandish beliefs. They're not consistent with everything else we know. There's no good reason to take them seriously.
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- purplemoonx 2mo agoAllow me to introduce you to: Burden of Proof.
- perpetuallunch 2mo agoI can prove God exists is the same sense that you can explain why there isn’t simply nothing at all.
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- mschuster91 2mo ago> Idk licensing and regulation sounds like involving more institutional arrogance. Well it works. Aviation for example is incredibly safe if you think about it, and mostly because the governments worldwide joined forces and introduced an amount of safety regulations everywhere that sounds insane until you remember that these rules were literally written in blood. And similarly, losing your life or getting injured on a modern ship is a pretty rare thing to happen (either as employee or passenger) if you contrast it with the situation just five decades or so ago. > We effectively have that kind of gatekeeping now with the University degree and University recruiting pipelines (all other candidates are "external" and illegally deprioritized but it's somehow allowed). Degree mills aren't the kind of gatekeeping I'm talking about. If you screw up, you still can go to another company and continue screwing up there, which also means there is barely any incentive to hold education institutions accountable to deliver good education. In the regulated trades however? Screw up enough and you're out for good. > Licensing just gatekeeps it more to even more dumbass people with connections getting good roles. It should be more merit based to avoid this kind of thing. Trades licensing is merit based.
- bluGill 2mo ago> Trades licensing is merit based. Only on the bottom end. People with zero merit get forced out - eventually in most cases. However a lot of people who have merit are not allowed in.
- mschuster91 2mo ago> People with zero merit get forced out - eventually in most cases. Yeah but in many cases often only after decades and still with a sizable final paycheck on departure. "Failing upwards" is a thing, and it happens far too often.
- purplemoonx 2mo agoCommercial aviation involves other people's lives in real-time. I put that more like being a lifeguard or EMT. Recreational aviation has a lot less regulation. I saw a guy with nothing but a fan and a parachute just flying around the cliffs off Hwy 1. No license or certification needed. Shouldn't need a license to make React components, sorry.