From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_professionalism "In 1993 the IEEE and ACM began a joint effort...to explore making software engineering into a

From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_professionalism "In 1993 the IEEE and ACM began a joint effort...to explore making software engineering into a profession...The ACM pulled out of SWECC in May 1999...ACM determined that the state of knowledge and practice in software engineering was too immature to warrant licensing" Granted, that was in 1999. I haven't heard anything since. The ACM article explaining why they pulled out is here: dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=581602 (paywall) Two states adopted the IEEE's recommendation (against the ACM). Florida and Texas. In Texas, it's illegal to call yourself a "Software Engineer" without 16 years' experience. It's absurd. sce.uhcl.edu/helm/SWEBOK_IEEE/papers/10%20reprint%205.pdf