Technical Literacy for Non-Engineering Roles with Irene Yu

​Having effective technical skills is highly sought after in the tech industry. Most people think being technical means knowing how to code. In reality, coding and being technical are two different things. It's like saying you have to be a basketball player to know what a free throw is! Coding is the least effective way to become more technical.

​In this presentation, we'll talk about what it actually means to be technical, the 4 technical skills, what topics to focus on when becoming more technical, and action items to take to immediately become more technical.

​You’ll learn:

​Why coding is the least effective way to become more technical.

​How the following 4 key skills are what help people become more technical:

​1) Awareness of available technologies

​2) Understanding of technical trade-offs

​3) Ability to communicate technically

​4) Understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle

​Three immediate action items to take to become more technical

​Why this facilitator?

​Irene Yu is a fullstack software engineer and the CEO & Founder of the Skiplevel program. She has worked with a wide range of companies including ad agencies, mid-sized startups, and large multinational companies. Most recently, she worked at Amazon building highly scalable and distributed web applications for custom ad solutions, ad platforms, and internal tools.

​Irene started teaching and mentoring about technology in 2019 and has helped many aspiring and current product managers, directors, and startup founders gain more confidence and credibility in their technical skills and knowledge.