On the other hand when a doctor has a degree, chances he/she is very competent.

On the software side of things, everyone claims to be the best and disasters happen every day. If there was an "AMA for software developers" Equifax probably wouldn't have happened.

Hiring software people is very hard, recruitment business around hiring software developers is booming. I'm building Cruitie: https://cruitie.com

I think Cruitie would be irrelevant for doctors, the software world is wild.