I shudder in horror. While I personally am your average classically trained CSSE grad, many of my friends and family are autodidacts who created for themselves

I shudder in horror. While I personally am your average classically trained CSSE grad, many of my friends and family are autodidacts who created for themselves very successful careers in IT and software engineering. I cannot see how a guild would help them, and frankly the deplorable state of modern IT certifications plus the similarly large pool of friends and family who do _and_ don't test well would make me continue to Fizz Buzz (and more) potential recruits no matter who says they've got programming chops.