Why are software jobs so incredibly unregulated? /u/ConfidenceUnited3757 CSCQ protests reddit

Part of the answer is that this is a relatively new career and some jobs don’t actually require a degree but there are so many that build systems that handle money, run on airplanes and cars, power critical infrastructure, etc. But compared to jobs in law and medicine where degrees are obligatory or those in engineering where they are all but required as well CS is a wild west of people with questionble qualifications.

This is not to say a degree is required to be a good engineer but this is obviously a major factor in the inflated supply on the job market. Another is that despite potentially incredible bargaining power in the past years, engineers in e.g. California have done seemingly nothing to unionize to entrench their position against cheap foreign labour and automation. Why???

Part of the answer is that this is a relatively new career and some jobs don’t actually require a degree but there are so many that build systems that handle money, run on airplanes and cars, power critical infrastructure, etc. But compared to jobs in law and medicine where degrees are obligatory or those in engineering where they are all but required as well CS is a wild west of people with questionble qualifications.

This is not to say a degree is required to be a good engineer but this is obviously a major factor in the inflated supply on the job market. Another is that despite potentially incredible bargaining power in the past years, engineers in e.g. California have done seemingly nothing to unionize to entrench their position against cheap foreign labour and automation. Why???