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Re:We Are Destroying Software by scarface_74 on Saturday February 08, 2025 @03:42PM (#42986010)
What makes you think certifications can’t be gamed? Brain dumps have been a thing since at least 2008 and just like you can have a dozen AWS certifications, it tells you nothing about whether they could actually be productive in the real world.

Have you ever done any of the various IT certs?

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Re:We Are Destroying Software by criddell on Saturday February 08, 2025 @03:55PM (#42986127)
Do you think gaming is a very big problem with accountants, doctors, lawyers, and professional engineers?
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Re:We Are Destroying Software by scarface_74 on Saturday February 08, 2025 @04:05PM (#42986198)
Doctors and lawyers specializes. Are you going to have specialized non gameable certifications for all the different facets of software development?

Doctors also go to school for 8 years and then do residencies. Lawyers go to school for 7. Are you proposing that?

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Re:We Are Destroying Software by criddell on Sunday February 09, 2025 @09:31AM (#42990906)
I'm just pointing out that certifications don't have to be meaningless. If somebody wants to use the title "Software Engineer", then perhaps we should require them to be actual professional licensed engineers.
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