nontechnical
Britishadjective
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SpaceX’s compensation philosophy historically favored equity over cash salaries, so this windfall extends well beyond executives and engineers to include nontechnical staff, entry-level workers and even cafeteria employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Additionally, the AI push has allowed more nontechnical employees to identify bugs and request coding fixes.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
The target market for these tools is simply “anyone who needs to do work on their computer,” said Felix Rieseberg, the engineering lead for Cowork, Anthropic’s new feature designed for nontechnical tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
It has never been easier to build websites and apps and complete a host of tasks, even for nontechnical people, whose software development is often referred to as vibe-coding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Out of all those interests grew my most recent book, a nontechnical account of human evolution entitled The Third Chimpanzee.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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