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[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This is funny because the same exact joke could be made about software engineers due to them not having a professional certification like electrical, civil, etc.

[–] Zikeji 21 points 9 months ago

That's where I thought the joke was going when I first read it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is PE licensing for software engineers though?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As of 2013 I believe, but it was discontinued in 2019. Fairly rare to see in the wild outside of specific domains like medical device coding or other areas where failure isn't acceptable.