There is also a lot of nuance to 'technical'. I've seen people with over a dozen years of technical experience in field A become CTOs of a company in field B an

There is also a lot of nuance to 'technical'. I've seen people with over a dozen years of technical experience in field A become CTOs of a company in field B and just kind assume that things work basically the same since tech is tech. This rarely works out well. So beyond just being 'technical' in some generic sense it is important to understand domain and culture you are asked to be 'technical' in.