Not even close. There is Tor, there is Bitcoin. Also do you realise how much would this ruin IT?

It would ruin the “Wild West” and it’s about god damned time.

It would do nothing about the "wild west", it'd just make it even worse. And no, there is zero reason why such a regulation would be justified.

Make it worse how exactly..? Big public companies will be chastised if they don't hire certified practicioners. With the huge amount of sensitive data we process as developers, it's only logical that we are going to need licensing in developed countries sooner than later.

Imagine if anyone would be able to practise as a lawyer, financial advisor or even a doctor without accreditation. It'd be a huge controversy.

How would regulation and self-policing make things worse? And really zero reason? That sounds like an ideological rather than a rational position to me.

> How would regulation and self-policing make things worse?

Imposing whimsical and arbitrary barriers to entry that have zero to do with technical hability solves nothing, and its absolutely ridiculous how you present that as solution to the problem of someone having developed highly technical software that you happen to not like.