I propose we resolve the problem of overly centering technical people by gatekeeping harder. Web dev? Just a graphic designer with poor tools: non-technical.

I propose we resolve the problem of overly centering technical people by gatekeeping harder. Web dev? Just a graphic designer with poor tools: non-technical. Engineering manager? Manager. Non-technical. Write business logic? That’s just office work. Banging out boiler plate code? Something a technical person might do, but not inherently in and of itself technical. A classical engineer must also sharpen their pencils. Eventually we’ll deny the label to enough people that it will become a precise description rather than a trophy.