<quote who="Rick Welykochy"> > Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> The trouble is that the entry barrier for coding is so low, you can >> "code" without any "clue". > > This very issue gave rise to some heated debate over on the LINK mailing > list, which some of you attend. > > Many of us computer "professionals" were peeved by this low barrier to > entry into the software industry. Computer software creation is not a > certified profession like engineering. There are far toomany shiesters out > there peddling crap software because they can. This gives rise to many > many problems in IT.
Yet there are so many who go nuts when the idea of accreditation is raised. :-) [This cheap shot does not indicate my support for or against the idea!] - Jeff -- OSCON 2008: Portland OR, USA http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ "The GPL is good. Use it. Don't be silly." - Michael Meeks -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
