Earlier quoted context omitted.
True, and one doesn't need a driver's license to know how to drive -- but a system of licensing is the most efficient way of verifying qualifications.
Why should we prefer licencing to certification, if desired with protected titles so that the difference between e.g. a Software Engineer (certified) and a programmer is abundantly obvious to anyone to anyone who does the research? Likewise lawyer (passed Bar exam) and an employee of a legal services company which does the kind of routine legal services that are well within the capabilities of the average paralegal b…
> the difference between e.g. a Software Engineer (certified) and a programmer is abundantly obvious to anyone to anyone who does the research?
What difference is there objectively between 'a certified software engineer' and 'a programmer' ?