CDR: RE: was: And you thought Nazi agitprop was controversial?

[dmolnar]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Trei, Peter wrote:

> Entrance to the hallowed membership would, of course, require a 
> four year electrical engineering degree followed by a post graduate 
> degree from an accredited computer school. 
> 
> I'll leave it to others to imagine the world with an APA. I think it would
> be a much poorer place.

Dude, do you read _Communications of the ACM_ ? Professional licensing of
"software engineers" is a fact in Texas. Not an issue goes by without
someone piping up about how great it would be if every state followed that
lead. 
Some discussion and context from licensing of other kinds of engineers is
at http://www.construx.com/stevemcc/gr-badges.htm

An "American Programmer's Association" may be closer than you think. 

-David