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Would you say there are chefs and non-chefs? Or just people who have different levels of various skills? Musicians and non-musicians? Ballerinas and non-balle
by ebbv 10y ago
Would you say there are chefs and non-chefs? Or just people who have different levels of various skills?
Musicians and non-musicians?
Ballerinas and non-ballerinas?
Of course there are. Yes where you draw the line is somewhat arbitrary and will vary from person to person but there is still a distinction to be made. You can be pedantic and say "Well everyone is a ballerina, they just might be a really unskilled one." But someone who is very unskilled really isn't a ballerina.
- startupdiscuss 10y agoNo, that is not the same thing at all. The equivalent would be "are there programmers and non-programmers" That is a specific job. "Technical person" is not a specific job.
- gluelogic 10y agoHaven't you ever seen people who are artistically-inclined and those who aren't?
- startupdiscuss 10y agoI have.
- Spare_account 10y agoThose people are probably a good group to start looking for your elusive non-technical person. I've met people who have zero inclination to engage in DIY, car maintenance or how to setup email on their iPad. There are very definitely non-technical people in the world, and thank goodness there are because they contribute to society in ways I could never dream of doing.
- jinfiesto 10y agoArtistic people? I majored in piano performance (full-tuition scholarship for it) and have been employed as a developer for almost ten years. I don't think my situation is all that unusual.
- Spare_account 10y agoI didn't say that all artists are non-technical so you fit into the model I described. I don't even think I implied it, to be completely honest.
- ebbv 10y agoIt's a classification of activities and knowledge. Not everyone who calls themselves a ballerina or a chef has a job as one.
- OJFord 10y agoI'll happily admit I am not an artistic person; that is not a specific job either. While 'technical' more generally refers to the techniques and tooling of any trade, craft, or activity (arts included can have technical terminology, etc.) - we understand it here, or so I thought, to mean those concerned with our trade/craft/activity, y'know, computers or the internet, or whatever else non-technical family members describe us as 'doing'.