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Re:I’ve made a conscious effort to stop apologizing for bugs... by lawtalkinghuman on Friday April 24, 2020 @08:30AM (#22967238)
> Would you accept such nonsense from your plumber, or your dentist, or your electrician?

In the UK...

Dentists: you have to have a BDS or BChD degree from a dental school at a university

Plumbers: have to get NVQ diploma as well as pass Gas Safe accreditation to fit boilers and heating systems, plus get a CSCS card to work on construction sites

Electricians: have to get an NVQ diploma, and to work in construction, they must also have an ECS card to work on a building site

Software developers: [this is left blank as an exercise for the reader]

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Re:I’ve made a conscious effort to stop apologizing for bugs... by commandlinefan on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:35AM (#22968363)
> Software developers: [this is left blank as an exercise for the reader]

In fact, there's a (very popular) school of though that the more credentials you have, the less qualified you are to develop software: https://blog.alinelerner.com/how-different-is-a-b-s-in-compu...

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