[whstl]

Maybe it's a marketing issues.

Actors and other have "Guilds", lawyers have a "Bar"...

(sure the other two you mentioned have unions but...)

[fireflash38]

100% Agreed, and if we can combine that with some apprenticeships and minimum quifications for membership, I'm all in.

Just name it like something you'd find from DnD.

[whstl]

Then it's settled, it's gonna be Software Engineering Bestiary.

[trashtester]

Except in real medieval Europe, guilds and apprenticeships were not about thieves and wizards, but instead smiths, carpenters and bricklayers.

[whstl]

Well, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic... and at the time this was as advanced as you get!

[trashtester]

At the time, arguably some of the most advanced technology was the Gothic Cathedral. However, it was seen as Divine, not Magical.