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[-] SaucySnake@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago

This is funny because the same exact joke could be made about software engineers due to them not having a professional certification like electrical, civil, etc.

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 19 points 2 years ago

That's where I thought the joke was going when I first read it.

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

There is PE licensing for software engineers though?

[-] krellor@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As of 2013 I believe, but it was discontinued in 2019. Fairly rare to see in the wild outside of specific domains like medical device coding or other areas where failure isn't acceptable.

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