No doubt there are tons of lawyers & "certification and Licensure" companies & "nonprofits" of dubious value that have infested various software related industries salivating over the opportunity to get rent-seeking via broad regulated software "engineering" licensure.

I don't disagree with this complication. One of the problems with Big Pharma is their regulatory moat.

Do you think it's rent-seeking that surgeons can exclusively cut open people?