18 Nov
Licensure for software engineers?
In some states it is happening folks. The IEEE reports that the Principles and Practices Exam for software engineering will become available in 2012. Thte states that have requested the exam are Michigan, Missouri, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas and Virgina. No California yet. Only software engineers offering their services directly to the public would need to be licensed. If you work for a sizable company where the company’s resources can aborb any liability…you will not need to licensed.
Only software projects that affects the health, safety, and welfare of the public would require oversight by a licensed engineer.
With anyone that can write a line code calling themselves a software engineer I welcome licensure for software engineers. I am hoping this starts to filter out programmers from software engineers.
Posted by Eric Miller on 18.11.09 at 10:46 am
I always hate to see more government involvement. But you’re right about the need to filter the professionals from the amateurs.