These are excellent points and it correctly shifts the responsibility onto those in decision-making positions.
Frankly I think we are well passed the point of no return -- there most definitely is no means to regulate the industry. Hundreds of thousands of businesses across the planet need a steady stream of code pushed out and they all need to keep costs down, there is no legal entity that can reach across the planet to provide necessary legal protection to the ethically inclined.
Repeat: there is no legal entity that can reach across international jurisdictions for this.
At best we can rally around national voluntary accreditation facilities (eg: Canadian Medical Association, American Medical Association) but it would be difficult because the best of us can simply opt out with little to no personal loss.
The world really is held together by duct tape and bailing wire with occasional sections of steel and concrete. I'm sure we are all familiar with this where we try (as hard as we might) to seal the cracks every chance we get.
I think the world is better when it's held together with duct tape and bailing wire; because the alternative is politics. Politics is inherently sick, and any chance to avoid it will ultimately save lives, even for something as silly as whether or not to regulate portfolio websites.
I think the medical associations have done a bang-up job, and perhaps the software industry could learn a bit from that.
Frankly I think we are well passed the point of no return -- there most definitely is no means to regulate the industry. Hundreds of thousands of businesses across the planet need a steady stream of code pushed out and they all need to keep costs down, there is no legal entity that can reach across the planet to provide necessary legal protection to the ethically inclined.
Repeat: there is no legal entity that can reach across international jurisdictions for this.
At best we can rally around national voluntary accreditation facilities (eg: Canadian Medical Association, American Medical Association) but it would be difficult because the best of us can simply opt out with little to no personal loss.
The world really is held together by duct tape and bailing wire with occasional sections of steel and concrete. I'm sure we are all familiar with this where we try (as hard as we might) to seal the cracks every chance we get.