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On the contrary, only those able to meet the bar would be on the field, and we wouldn't have self taughs calling themselves engineers.


There is a big demand for programmers, so raising the bar doesn't make sense.


If companies payed programmers properly, gave training and benefits, there wouldn't be lack of programmers.

Raising the bar makes sense in any engineering.


It doesn't make sense if the country cannot afford to properly educate all those programmers.

Don't shift the argumentation towards inequality.




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