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"I noted, too, that some of these rejections came instantly after turning in an application. [...] I determined that I was automatically being filtered because I didn't have a college degree. Sure, the job posting says it's required, but you do know I have more experience than the average college student my age, right?" Sure, I never studied medicine and the hospital stated that they are looking for a doctor, but the experience should count no? Oh man. I keep thinking about Software Engineering as a craft. Only in our profession is it considered completely acceptable to work without any professional education. Lawyers, doctors, nurses, even tax accountants go to jail if they practice without being licensed. You wouldn't get your house wired by some random dude, instead you're looking for a proper, licensed electrician. But in tech? Somehow we normalized random kids just building critical architecture. I wonder if that's an anomaly from the exponential, chaotic growth that happened to software engineering since the 60s. I wouldn't be surprised if things normalize, like in a lot of other, mature fields of professions. |
License requirements for those professions you listed are for safety of the public (and for the worker in the case of electricians). Without a basic level of understanding electricity will kill you. Without knowledge of the body you will kill the patient.
Doctors, Lawyers, etc can act as notary so they are given additional powers and must follow a code of conduct.
Anyone can lay concrete, anyone can chop down trees, can paint/grass cut, lay tiles or put in a new floor. Electrical or Plumbing require a license because it would be dangerous not to.
Lawyers, accountants, financial planners, etc are licenses because they represent a public trust.
I don't think developers fit into any of these categories. Scientists or artists do not need a license to do their craft. CEOs don't need a license either.