[jazzyk]

Exactly. Software salaries should be compared to doctors', lawyers' and other professions', as software engineering is a profession.

I bet you the comparisons would not look so good then.

[criddell]

I'll accept that software engineering is a profession when software engineers accept the same level of responsibility for their work that doctors and lawyers do.

When that happens, brace yourself for a never ending stream of malpractice suits.

[jazzyk]

There are lawsuits filed for delivering shoddy work, unmet deadlines/commitments. They are just less publicized, because human life is (usually) not at stake.

[criddell]

Those are contract lawsuits.

Are there any jurisdictions where a Software Engineer can lose their license?

[tamana]

It's essentially impossible for a lawyer to lose their license.

[criddell]

But they can. They can also have their license suspended.

Software Engineer on the other hand, is just a label that doesn't mean anything. AFAIK, no jurisdictions license Software Engineers. Unlike law, there's no punishment for working as a software engineer (although there are some jurisdictions where the title "Engineer" is regulated).

[criddell]

The last sentence should be:

Unlike practicing law, there's no punishment for working as a software engineer without a license.