[slashblake]

I think this is the same question of "Why isn't there a bar exam for medical doctors". "Being qualified" for software requires nothing less than hands-on training.

Until software moves to more apprenticeships/residencies, I'm afraid we stuck in this "infancy" of a field.

[jsgoller1]

There are "bar exams" for medical doctors - they take four rounds of USMLE board exams before getting an MD.

[hkmurakami]

Medicine requires board exams.

[slashblake]

Sorry, you cannot just take a board exam and start practicing medicine. Law, you can.

[Turing_Machine]

Nor can you do that in law, other than a very few states, all of which require a lengthy, documented apprenticeship with a practicing lawyer. It's not just a matter of walking in off the street cold and taking the exam.

In 2014, 60 apprentices took the bar exam (out of 83,963 total examinees). 17 passed.

Almost all states do require law school nowadays, and you don't have a prayer of getting reciprocity to practice in another state without it.

https://priceonomics.com/how-to-be-a-lawyer-without-going-to...

[hkmurakami]

You cannot take the bar without either (1) law school, or (2) Law study (apprenticeship).

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/mis...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/08/02/state...