Comment by danjl

I have often felt that programming would do well to have a guild-like system. Current job titles and years of experience do not really help to differentiate the quality of individuals. There's also the intangible benefits of trust and quality that come from the system. I'd love to write "craft" code, that is about producing quality code that elegantly solves real problems. Especially in comparison to the current trend of writing code as quickly as possible, with very little regard for quality from folks outside of the dev team.