In software, qualification and even experience does not correlate with ability.<p>If you have a newly qualified accountant, doctor, architecture it is assumed they are at least competent to some basic standard (and it is expected there competence increases with age + experience).<p>This is NOT the case with software, it&#x27;s possible to be a software engineer with 10+ years experience and still be terrible.<p>My own experience is that I don&#x27;t test well, and this has made it terribly difficult for me to get jobs. I have two startups behind me yet it&#x27;s made almost no difference.