points by anonymous908213 1 day ago | 0 comments
We direly need to split things into a licensed engineering field which is necessary for working on security- and reliability-critical systems, and a generic unlicensed software developer field where people can screw around with their 1000 dependency JS frontends to their hearts' content. The two should not be conflated and yet so easily are.
[–] greggsy 1 day ago
[–] nyargh 23 hours ago
Credentialism is not a solution, it will just get gamed too. Indian diploma mills and mega IT consultancies pump out thousands of "qualified" engineers every year.
Every hiring manager worth their salt has caught at least one completely incompetent applicant with a CV full of certifications.
[–] GoblinSlayer 19 hours ago
Maybe certifications are different? A certified Electron engineer might just read the tutorial how to spend zero effort on apps.
Each with varying degrees of trust. The outcome is never perfect, but that’s not their purpose.