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Originally Posted by GGG
Should the guy who implemented the Flames Vax passport thing that failed to protect data have regulatory consequences? Ignore the APEGA part of this. The broader question of should their be more scrutiny and recourse for the public?
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I don't know. I'd need to see what that regulatory oversight looks like in practice. My assumption is likely we get something that hampers the local industry and makes us a less competitive jurisdiction, and I'd prefer the courts continue to take care of negligence causing damage.
APEGA provides no meaningful oversight of any P. Eng. besides the threat of taking their title away. It's completely reactive anyway. For software engineering, they aren't even that, as they don't have the expertise or facilities to take any action at all.
So we can:
1) Add regulation to software engineers, and kill off any startup investment in AB
2) Not allow the title of engineer for these jobs, and hope remote employers casting wide nets bother to deal with overhead to deal with the pedantry of our relatively insignificant jurisdiction to continue to provide high paying opportunities for Albertans
3) Be like the rest of the global workforce and allow the software engineer title to be used