When a coder asks another coder whether a boss is technical, it just means “can they code?”. There’s not much more to it. You may not like this, but it’s how the word is used, and language is defined by usage. I don’t like that y’all use the word “crypto” for get rich quick schemes either, but I suck it up, the ship has sailed.
This whole hair splitting about the real meaning of the word “technical” adds little. Yes, people who are good at what they do, whatever it is, are good at it and thus have technical skills. This doesn’t change anything about what the coder means when they ask if the boss is technical. We all know what they mean. They mean “can they code?”
This whole hair splitting about the real meaning of the word “technical” adds little. Yes, people who are good at what they do, whatever it is, are good at it and thus have technical skills. This doesn’t change anything about what the coder means when they ask if the boss is technical. We all know what they mean. They mean “can they code?”