I think we should talk more about the clear success of software engineering as a high-skill profession with virtually no gatekeeping — why & how that’s working, etc.
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It's super-interesting. Reminds me of chess, where internet + cheap chess computers have taken elite chess from being heavily gated to relatively open. Top grandmasters all used to come from a tiny handful of places; now seems much more open.
Something I don't understand well: how software has resisted the enormous pressure for occupational licensing. E.g.: (from https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/THP_KleinerDiscPaper_final.pdf … ) Is it that BigCos don't want it, and can resist? Or something else?pic.twitter.com/29CnzlPSUf
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Uninformed theory: a combo of (a) software engineers are generally satisfied w/ their working conditions & salaries to the extent that they don't organize much & (b) software companies are powerful enough to prevent regulation & still careful to maintain (a) bc talent is so vital
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Implicit seems to be the idea that unions (or similar organizations) are behind the drive for occupational licensing. Is that right? It seems plausible: such licensing is a barrier to entry which protects people already inside.
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I mean generically: across our society industries have instituted occupational licensing like crazy. What surprises me is that software seems immune. (I have exactly the same impression as you: little internal impetus.)
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Wow I just realized this likely won't last. How many years until serious regulations get slapped on consumer facing software? And eventually on the people that touch the code
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