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Texas Licensing of Software Engineers: All's Quiet, For Now

The notion of licensing software engineers has been weighed and argued on global, national, and statewide platforms for many years. Here, we go to the frontlines---Texas and Canada---where the practice of licensing is in fact well under way. Sentiments may not have mellowed regarding this subject, but the perspectives we present here are based on real experiences.

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Viewpoint: Taking the Lead in Licensing Software Engineers

It was inevitable. In the mid-1970s, the term "software engineering" became a permanent part of the computing lexicon. For instance, ACM started the Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT), and ACM Software Engineering Notes and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering were first published. From that point on, there has been a steady increase in […]

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