Comment by slumdev

> I think a lot of this is because our profession does not have an accepted universal bar everyone can jump over to be considered ‘qualified’.

Credentialing organizations already exist[1], but none have lobbied the US government to prevent the uncredentialed from practicing.

Perhaps it's time. If none of the existing orgs are good enough, start a new one.

1. https://www.computer.org/product/education/professional-soft...