[TAForObvReasons]

This applies to technology as well: I want the people writing code that will be deployed in $CRITICAL_SITUATION to pass some baseline aptitude test set by US regulation, ideally with some ethics component. Unfortunately, no such thing exists in software and there's a surprising pushback.

[ghaff]

It sort of exists. P.E. Software engineering like most of the other engineering branches use. Signing off on designs that require regulatory approval often requires a PE. In my first job in mechanical design etc. it was understood that I would get this as soon as I could.

However my understanding is that almost no one gets this in software and it’s being discontinued.

[sanderjd]

In what country? I have heard that this is required in Canada, but I've never heard of it in the US.

[ghaff]

US. It's so uncommon though (in software engineering specifically) that they're apparently dropping it.