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I would argue that certification has very little do with the quality of software that a developer would produce or a baseline level of competence. We generally

I would argue that certification has very little do with the quality of software that a developer would produce or a baseline level of competence. We generally hope that a degree would give you a baseline level of competence, but I'm not sure that is entirely true either.

gdp 17y ago
Degree programs that contain certain requirements could be accredited as being equivalent to a certain certification. Not all degrees programmes include even the first thing about software engineering - they have plenty of programming, but nothing that would actually ensure that people have a systematic approach to software development.