>> Thank the gods that I'll be dead by then. Rampant credentialism is >> killing competition, driving up prices, and making the world a worse >> place to live.
Really ? How do you know professionals will be using best practice then ? How do you know they even know about best practice ? Does licensing really kill competition ? I'd argue that licensing allows everybody to compete on the same plane: Everybody who is licensed will apply best practice, you won't get fired for wanting to waste money doing the right thing. But, we've already had this discussion, and from what I remember the conclusion was that over the years only professions that can create a risk to human life get licensed, so, they'll be place for all of us (because there will always be computers that affect nobody's life but still need to be administrated. > and then, of course, you have the sort of "credentials" like "former > Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange" and "served as Chairman of the > Board of Directors and on the Board of Governors of the NASD." Hell, the > guy practically invented the NASDAQ stock exchange. > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff). I believe brokers need to be licensed, so his background as chair of this and chair of that has no bearing on the discussion. Had he been caught earlier, he would have lost his license, and the system would have worked. > > or, of course, medical doctors, with all their degrees, hippocratic > oath, and board certification, faking data and making up patients to > gain publications and prestige. > (http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/03/11/doctor_accused_of_faking_studies/) > > It really doesn't matter what kind of credentials are referenced or > mandated, there will always be fraud and criminal activity. And there > You are right, licensing does not eliminate all the bad apples, but I for one, believe it reduces their numbers. If you go to a doctor, a lawyer, etc... and believe they do something wrong, there is a procedure to complain to their professional body, and if needed prevent them from being a professional. The alternative is to tell everybody you know that you think they are not good... The system is not perfect, some bad practitioners will go on for years before being caught, and the well known problem of professionals protecting each other. But, a system that is not perfect can be improved, without a system, it's status quo for ever. -- Yves. http://www.sollers.ca/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
