There was actually some movement to try and get this kind of thing setup for software at one point. I think with IEEE, but it fell through. Software can have life or death consequences too, and it’s time we start treating it as such.
If you want me to call you an engineer, develop and FE and PE exam. Require that all commercial software have source code and docs signed off on by a PE who is legally accountable for harm caused by the software.
This doesn’t happen because the people who own software companies DO NOT WANT IT TO. And accordingly, I do not want to use the word engineer to describe their staff.
There was actually some movement to try and get this kind of thing setup for software at one point. I think with IEEE, but it fell through. Software can have life or death consequences too, and it’s time we start treating it as such.
If you want me to call you an engineer, develop and FE and PE exam. Require that all commercial software have source code and docs signed off on by a PE who is legally accountable for harm caused by the software.
This doesn’t happen because the people who own software companies DO NOT WANT IT TO. And accordingly, I do not want to use the word engineer to describe their staff.