Cat HicksApr 17, 2025

That piece of writing I was talking about finishing that I was equally proud of and scared to post because I love it? Here it is.

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Why I Cannot Be Technical

With some regularity, kind-hearted Technical people tell me that I Can Be Technical, Too. This usually happens when I’m asking us to define what we’re calling technical in a software environment. I understand why it happens. I am a psychologist of software environments and that is something of

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@grimalkina thank you! Your writing helps me see (american) tech culture in a new perspective. I've never worked in a software startup or big tech, so a lot of it seems strange to me on a surface level. One thing that came to mind is the German-speaking world's obsession with the "engineer" titles, to the point where you have "requirements engineers" and "business engineers".
I remember an English colleague's quip, who obviously didn't think it held any prestige: "I'm not an engineer, I don't have a spanner! "
Apr 18, 2025 at 6:46amWeb