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All this gate keeping is bullshit, but I do have to agree that we are really bad at actually engineering.
I don't think gate keeping engineering is bullshit, software or otherwise. In fact I think it is one of the few eminently important things to gatekeep.
If computer systems have peoples lives depending on them, having accredited engineers that may be part of a chain of liability for their mistakes is a potentially life saving measure. It provides increased guarantee that someone will be held responsible, be it the firm, or in the case of bankruptcy, the individual engineer.
This provides a significant incentive to only sign off on work that meets all relevant safety criteria.
I'm not sure if that's how it works in software engineering, but it certainly should.
that’s not what gatekeeping is….
you don’t “gatekeep” qualifications and skills.
“you’re not really an artist because you were born rich” would be an example of gatekeeping.
“you’re not really a doctor because you didn’t graduate from medical school” is just the definition of a doctor.