When everyone suddenly started calling themselves engineers instead of programmers I cringed (yes, that's a lot of cringe over the past decade+), precisely because no formal guarantees were ever given (and still largely aren't).
It's like eyeballing the dimensions of a building and saying it should hold. That said, I see the discipline excused. The stakes weren't that high and it was all very new... And e.g. mechanical engineering went through this as well, except a lot of people actually died.
Yeah every other engineering discipline is licensed, bonded, insured, and (typically) unionized.
Emphasis on "licensed" as in "you need to complete an ABET-accredited program and pass a licensure exam and complete continuing education courses to practice, because there are standards and regulations to prevent accidents".
The phrase "regulations written in blood" also comes to mind.
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When everyone suddenly started calling themselves engineers instead of programmers I cringed (yes, that's a lot of cringe over the past decade+), precisely because no formal guarantees were ever given (and still largely aren't).
It's like eyeballing the dimensions of a building and saying it should hold. That said, I see the discipline excused. The stakes weren't that high and it was all very new... And e.g. mechanical engineering went through this as well, except a lot of people actually died.
Time to shine, theoretical CS, time to shine.
Yeah every other engineering discipline is licensed, bonded, insured, and (typically) unionized.
Emphasis on "licensed" as in "you need to complete an ABET-accredited program and pass a licensure exam and complete continuing education courses to practice, because there are standards and regulations to prevent accidents".
The phrase "regulations written in blood" also comes to mind.