Accountants, admins etc. are often very technical. Similar to developers who program every day. For one, they are proficient with what are essentially high lev

Accountants, admins etc. are often very technical. Similar to developers who program every day. For one, they are proficient with what are essentially high level programming environments and platforms like Excel, Filemaker, some CRM and CMS software etc. They also automate tasks. They just typically don’t know how to turn a simple text file into a program, like we do, but they do program. Secondly and perhaps more importantly, they can do technical work for extended amounts of time. They know how to stare at a screen for hours, use the mouse and keyboard very effectively and quickly, spot mistakes and irregularities at a glance, and solve mistakes/issues in a structured manner. That mechanical aspect of being technical is often overlooked. But I think it’s important and fundamental. Someone who never developed these skills lacks the intuition and sensibilities that are required to make sensible technical decisions.