lordZOUGA:
The government will probably be more interested in the achievements of said association. A degree just shows that a person has been taught a certain profession but it doesn't tell or show if the person can excell in the profession. Besides, this is computer science, a degree has never been a yardstick for measuring excellence in this field.

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csharpjava:


These real programmers you talk about have had lecturers teaching them programming at home when they were still kids.

I can confirm that.

I've been coding since way back as JS1 (and winning awards for it)... Initially in class then eventually through YouTube.

However, anyone can learn programming these days (on YouTube) and be really good at it.

csharpjava:


This association will need people with academic qualifications in Software Engineering or Computer Science with some commercial experience, in order to gain achievements that will make it relevant enough for the government to take notice of us.

This is a limited way of thinking... You should open your mind to new possibilities instead.

People don't really care about vanity stuff like degree... They only care about results. Unless you're trying to sell promises, then degree and referrals might do the trick.

Otherwise your goal should be to have a good portfolio first and then use that to secure clients.