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> True, but I also know that a neurosurgeon graduated from an accredited school, did an internship at an accredited hospital, and then passed a standardized licensing exam.

...and meets ongoing continuing education requirements.

> If we had that for engineers we wouldn't need to test their skills either.

We do have that for professional engineers.

We don't have it for people working in software whose job titles have become (but largely weren't for similar roles a few decades ago) "engineer".




> ...and meets ongoing continuing education requirements.

Which are a joke. Attending conferences and weekend workshops take care of this.


> Which are a joke

Sure, professional licensing provides fairly weak guarantees, but it's more than exist in software, hence FizzBuzz.




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