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What is too aggressive about this is the taking a normal english word and restricting its use to preserve a guild's privileges. The original sorta useful aspect of this was that in the days before the internet, you could keep records of the person doing the survey or signing off on the structural engineering. Now it's not even useful for that.

It would be far better if only "Licensed Software Engineer" was restricted. Most hiring managers would also, of course, be less likely to hire that person, just as "Certified Scrum Master" is a negative signal.

The normie/excitable journalist take is that you want everyone to be a "professional", but there are strong arguments against occupational licensing. https://www.mercatus.org/publications/corporate-welfare/effe...

It just reduces competition, driving up prices and reducing innovation with no increase in quality.