[DUG] OO Programming -> of architects and engineers

[Gary T. Benner]

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HI all,

At 18:33 on 30/07/2008 Todd wrote 
>Well I would say a "Software Architect" must be an order of magnitude >higher than a "Software Engineer", given the lowly status of engineering >in NZ.

Having worked in an office of Professional Engineers & Architects, they would both relunctantly agree that they are both professions of equal standing. MaxRF will back me here I'm sure in this opinion.

In the software industry we have no such clearly defined boundaries for our profession - we actually do not even have a "profession" - well not one that is recognised as such.

At a recent NACCQ conference (National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications), there was a keynote speech on this topic, and the work being done by the NZ Computing Society to bring recognition of the "ICT profession" - including of course software. LaurieB, you may want to add something here.

Like funeral directors, who need no formal qualifications, anyone can buy a copy of Delphi, VS, or whatever, and call themselves a software developer, software engineer, or software architect ( if they add a briefcase and suit ). There is no professional body to manage the "profession", and no recourse for aggrieved clients as there is for any of the recognised professions ( except the oldest of course!).

If anyone is interested, go visit http://www.nzcs.org.nz and see what the NZ Computing Society is trying to do.

cheers

Gary






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