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Not a pilot but it sounds like 250 hours minimum to become one commercially [1]. My guess is that unless you can buy your own airplanes it'll take more than that for somebody that owns a plan to trust you being in charge on them to get to your 250 hours.

It varies on your state but to become a Master X it often requires >5 years. (ex 5 for CO Master Plumber [2], 4 for TX Master Plumber [3], 7 or 5 + Bachelors in NY [4]). Imagine needing to pair program with somebody for 5 years before you could be considered Senior. That'd probably cause a lot more professional development than the current copy from stack overflow meta but also really irritate a lot of young professionals. You can't even quit and start your own business because you can't write software as a journeyman without senior supervision!

[1]: https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/active-pilots/safet...

[2]: https://dpo.colorado.gov/Plumbing/Applications

[3]: https://tsbpe.texas.gov/license-types/master-plumber/

[4]: https://www.nyc.gov/site/buildings/industry/obtain-a-master-...



It would destroy coding boot camps and outsourcing but many people already pursue B.S. degrees in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. If the laws changed to require a 5 year paid apprenticeship that allowed you to skip the college degree I don't think too many people entering the field would be upset so long as we planned and accounted for the transition (like a path towards accreditation for currently employed software developers since no accredited "masters" exist to pair under right now).

I think another issue is that there's no feasible inspection process or liability management. We have crap like SOC2 and PCI compliance but they're so dependent on self reporting that they mean little practice. Mountains of spaghetti code accumulated over decades are not inspectable like a building is. Software salary costs are already very high and this would push it even further up. It would eliminate offshoring/outsourcing as an option from businesses and they would lobby hard against it. Uncertified software products from other countries would need import controls, and all other sorts of issues that don't exist in our unregulated environment right now

It's also hard to imagine what sort of massive software failure would be required to spur regulatory change that we haven't already experienced and collectively shrugged and did nothing about.




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