This is super helpful. One piece of feedback: using the term "grandma" to mean non technical is pretty outdated (also gendered for no reason). It assumes a grandma is the opposite of a developer when someone can be a software engineer and a grandmother. Would love to see a better way to explain this spectrum because the content in this article is otherwise excellent!
IMO "Layperson" is best. Non-gendered and not pejorative like "luddite" (which carries a bit of negative connotation of being opposed to tech). The definition of layperson is, "a person without professional or specialized knowledge in a particular subject."
Hey Justin, great article and I read some of your previous posts.
Looking at your content I wonder where to start best? Would it makes logical sense to start with your first article and work my way up? I am not sure about it when I look at the titles of you posts.
Great mental model on the range/framework from functional to technical. Alot of folks see "being technical" as a binary, but all roles in modern corporate america benefit from developing a foundational level of technical competency
Great start, but let's ditch the ageist and sexist scale title by rebranding to "Technophobe - Developer Scale". There are plenty of grandmother's who code. How do you think the technologies today's tech is based on got started? Now that nit picked, you have a good basis to flesh this out further. There's so much in what you've written.
This is super helpful. One piece of feedback: using the term "grandma" to mean non technical is pretty outdated (also gendered for no reason). It assumes a grandma is the opposite of a developer when someone can be a software engineer and a grandmother. Would love to see a better way to explain this spectrum because the content in this article is otherwise excellent!
Language police
Don't take every little thing so seriously. Not good for you.
Chill people
I felt the same but wasn't able to get it into words. I 100% loved the article but the term made me recoil a little :(
Same thought here. I was thinking "Luddite" as an alternative.
Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I've updated the post to match.
IMO "Layperson" is best. Non-gendered and not pejorative like "luddite" (which carries a bit of negative connotation of being opposed to tech). The definition of layperson is, "a person without professional or specialized knowledge in a particular subject."
Hey Justin, great article and I read some of your previous posts.
Looking at your content I wonder where to start best? Would it makes logical sense to start with your first article and work my way up? I am not sure about it when I look at the titles of you posts.
Thanks for your advice.
Great mental model on the range/framework from functional to technical. Alot of folks see "being technical" as a binary, but all roles in modern corporate america benefit from developing a foundational level of technical competency
Love it!!!
Great start, but let's ditch the ageist and sexist scale title by rebranding to "Technophobe - Developer Scale". There are plenty of grandmother's who code. How do you think the technologies today's tech is based on got started? Now that nit picked, you have a good basis to flesh this out further. There's so much in what you've written.
Nice Reading!! Hope to get more practical stuff as said here!!
I get the gendered concern for "Grandma". Maybe "Dodgy" or some other fun alliteration matching 'Developer'.
This is excellent