Some of us are humanities scholars and social scientists, and aren't nearly so well-versed in technology as most of the others here. I'm personally consistently

Some of us are humanities scholars and social scientists, and aren't nearly so well-versed in technology as most of the others here. I'm personally consistently surprised/impressed by people who have taken CS/hacker routes and can show off deep and elegant reverse-engineering efforts or whatever. FWIW, my background is a lifelong interest in computers, followed by a BA in politics, several years mostly in (non-IT) management in bureaucracies, a doctorate looking at government IT use (with increasing amounts of stats and coding), and currently a job as a computational social science academic. There are surprisingly few people who are really good with both tech and the social sciences. Most of us are much better at one than the other (my code is typically academic standard) and I'm in awe of the few that are genuinely insightful in both fields.