Isn't anyone else upset by licensure encroaching on a vibrant profession that hasn't needed it? Licensure generally only serves to drive up wages, reduce innovation, suppress new entrants, and does little to improve quality.

Also, isn't the whole point of engineering to screw around looking for something new where we don't know a lot. The "work only in an area of competence" sounds a lot like let's bring back apprenticeship and try and create a static craft instead of endorsing dynamic exploration in field where we assume most things aren't yet discovered.