Even barbers are licensed professionals. Meanwhile wannabe "software engineers" are copy-pasting together web applications that store the personal information

Even barbers are licensed professionals. Meanwhile wannabe "software engineers" are copy-pasting together web applications that store the personal information of millions of people without the slightest thought behind security or proper design. We collectively wonder why there aren't more programmers... maybe the problem has never been a lack of education, but a lack of prestige and respect.