> Call me a gatekeeper if you want but, we ended up with a lot of people that just can't do the job.
Increasingly I am of the opinion that software engineering aught to be a licensed profession, similar to civil engineers, medical professionals, or lawyers. A board of peers to hold you accountable and a licence that can be revoked at any time. Additionally, legislation could be written to require such licensed individuals in safety critical roles.
I suspect the debate around AI assistance tools would be quite different if there was greater accountability for programmers and a constant threat of losing a licence.
If you brick millions of machines impacting hospitals and airports, you should probably never be trusted to write code again.
Increasingly I am of the opinion that software engineering aught to be a licensed profession, similar to civil engineers, medical professionals, or lawyers. A board of peers to hold you accountable and a licence that can be revoked at any time. Additionally, legislation could be written to require such licensed individuals in safety critical roles.
I suspect the debate around AI assistance tools would be quite different if there was greater accountability for programmers and a constant threat of losing a licence.
If you brick millions of machines impacting hospitals and airports, you should probably never be trusted to write code again.
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