Get Chartered!


Photo of Michael Caine holding a shotgun from the movie Get Carter. The text says "Get Chartered".

Computing is a comparatively young industry. We don't have hundreds of years of history, or secret societies jealously guarding our knowledge, or much love for hierarchy. This makes it difficult to progress in a world which values strict demarcations between people. There's an obvious and well documented path from Army Private to Sergeant. If you're an architect (the kind that designs buildings) there are various qualifications and bodies to assess your knowledge and seniority. But…

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