Being an expert certainly makes you a better auditor, but it's not any more necessary than making police officers have law degrees. Software development has a

Being an expert certainly makes you a better auditor, but it's not any more necessary than making police officers have law degrees. Software development has a frustrating history of reappropriating words from other contexts. Your "code auditor" is probably more akin to an OSHA compliance officer/safety inspector. Again, experience helps, but you don't need to be the architect of the Pyramids to ensure everyone onsite is wearing a helmet. They make a good-faith effort to ensure some checklist of conditions are met.