When you&#x27;re a professional, there are certain rigid processes you have to follow. A lot of it involves significant governance, and every professional has obligations of due diligence.<p>A lot of programmers became programmers or enjoy being programmers precisely because of the lack of the aforementioned things in their profession. Besides a lot of programmers are self taught or learn most of their skills by themselves.<p>A professional (doctor or engineer) would have to go through rigorous schooling and a grueling examination process to get their license. They can&#x27;t become self taught doctors or engineers. Hell, most programmers would drop out of school if they got a good job at a growing start up when presented with a decent equity.<p>As a programmer I completely disagree with this post.