[Joboman555]

This is maligned and dangerous. It has been shown that credentialing hurts the marketplace and consumers. Having a credential authority would not cause there to be a skill bar, it would just require all of us to pay money to a worthless authority.

[wolfgke]

> it would just require all of us to pay money to a worthless authority.

Today these authorities are universities.

[lmm]

HackerRank-style test are one of the few ways into a good career for lower-class people who have the skills but can't afford the credentials.

[pizzaman09]

It has been shown where? Please don't forget that inexperienced practitioners also hurt the marketplace and customers. Every data breach because someone kept a plaintext password field in MySQL hurts the customers. Every lost hour of productivity because of shoddy code hurts customers.