Yep. I realize that’s not going to resonate with many or even most people, but that doesn’t mean I don’t believe it and that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have merit.

Law firms don’t ask lawyers to litigate in a mock courtroom setting before hiring them. Hospitals don’t ask surgeons to perform a little test surgery on a person before hiring them. Engineers aren’t asked to build a bridge to prove they know how.

I think the reason we are so unique is because we CAN demonstrate our ability to quickly and easily, and without risking human life. CAN of course does not equal SHOULD.

Law is a protected profession - you have to pass exams to be able to call yourself a Lawyer, and a law firm will verify that you have passed the relevant exams.

Same for medicine, engineering...

Any chump can call themselves a software engineer. That's the real problem here.