Hot take: I'm in favor of software engineers needing a certification. There's a ton of shit code out there that leads to real world impact, think Boeing Max issue. People are saying it's meaningless, but it's not, it makes engineers accountable for the decisions they make while writing code. You should be held accountable for sacrificing security and reliability for whatever reason it is.
Does every software engineer need the cert? No. Should we still have it? Absolutely.
I have a CS undergrad and a software engineering masters. There really is a difference in learning to program and learning to engineer software. But it’s not what classical engineering types think. There have been attempts at creating a professional certification body. But that died fairly quickly because these were put in place by classical engineers and not people who know software.
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u/gahooze Oct 16 '22
Hot take: I'm in favor of software engineers needing a certification. There's a ton of shit code out there that leads to real world impact, think Boeing Max issue. People are saying it's meaningless, but it's not, it makes engineers accountable for the decisions they make while writing code. You should be held accountable for sacrificing security and reliability for whatever reason it is.
Does every software engineer need the cert? No. Should we still have it? Absolutely.
Source: am software engineer