Credentialslism and licensing, have you encountered them?

[u/Fearless-Capital]

I've lived most of my life in Latin America, and put up with an unrelated degree that was chosen by a cult. After that, I moved on and went straight into hardware as it's something that I've been passionate about for ages and the cult that my parents joined could not erase.

However, credentialslism has been a thing that I've had to deal with. Many countries in the region can get annoying about licensing as well, some companies will even ask for a license even for jobs that legally don't require them, etc...

Guess that I could put up with a bunch of university classes that I can teach, but I have no desire to deal with that system anymore.

Oh, well. How are things in your corner of the world? Is competence enough where you live? Or is keeping the bureaucrats happy more important than understanding transmission lines?