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Estate agents "suffering" in current economic climate
I think that is part of a much wider problem. We should be.
I have a degree in an engineering discipline and I apply that knowledge when performing my work. I have acquired years of on the job knowledge.
Maybe profession is beyond us as software engineers, but I feel that chartered status should be available and be required as a must have to perform some functions.
I am constantly amazed by some of the people who work on software for systems that could kill hundreds should they fail. Let alone the people who have developed (or failed to develop) the failed government projects that have cost billions.
Can you imagine the uproar if a bridge collapsed and you found out that the engineering team had no quals and weren't chartered?
Yet it is still acceptable to hire software developers who have learned to write software by "playing" with it.
Oooooh, went off on one then...........................
*Hides his hotel & catering degree and shuffles away quietly*
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