Software Development as profession? Not Yet, Probably Never

In discussing Scott Bain's book: Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development Martin Heller asks Is "professional software developer" an oxymoron?

In the book (which I've not read yet), Scott makes the case for the use design patterns, test driven development, coding style and readability. This sounds like the book we all wish our colleagues would read (not ourselves of course - we're already perfect).