Did that. Doesn't seem to matter for shit in any interview I've had, except maybe to pass an initial HR filter. Waste of fucking money that was (I'm kind of joking, I did learn some valuable things in college).

Parent poster is pointing out that _in addition_ to your degree you must pass a professional exam as well. This is common in professional fields where there is a licensed title (e.g. M.D. or P.E.).

Btw there is a Software Engineering PE exam but I don't know anyone who has taken it: https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SWE-Apr-2013.pd...

If you take and pass it you can add the title PE to your name in the US.

I know people with a computer science degree that couldn't write a function of production code if their life depended on it, and I know people without one that are gods on a keyboard.

I think a better alternative is some type of bar-like or CA-like test that anyone can take regardless of qualification, but which you must pass in order to be considered a competent software engineer.