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Isn't anyone else upset by licensure encroaching on a vibrant profession that hasn't needed it? Licensure generally only serves to drive up wages, reduce innov
by terravion 12y ago
Isn't anyone else upset by licensure encroaching on a vibrant profession that hasn't needed it? Licensure generally only serves to drive up wages, reduce innovation, suppress new entrants, and does little to improve quality.
Also, isn't the whole point of engineering to screw around looking for something new where we don't know a lot. The "work only in an area of competence" sounds a lot like let's bring back apprenticeship and try and create a static craft instead of endorsing dynamic exploration in field where we assume most things aren't yet discovered.
- mcmancini 12y ago> Also, isn't the whole point of engineering to screw around looking for something new where we don't know a lot. If anything, that's the diametrical opposite of engineering. One of the objections to "software engineering" as an engineering discipline is that there isn't enough history from which to draw conclusions on best practices. > The "work only in an area of competence" sounds a lot like let's bring back apprenticeship and try and create a static craft instead of endorsing dynamic exploration in field where we assume most things aren't yet discovered. One point of professional licensure is to demonstrate a minimum level of competence. Practicing outside of one's area of demonstrated competence defeats this purpose of licensure. Nothing prevents a mechanical engineer from designing a circuit, but they sure as hell aren't going to stamp that circuit diagram.