I help business users grow their no code and low code skill to align with citizen development roles and careers | No Code Low Code Analyst
In my experience, developers with no “technical background” have shown better ability to solve problems with fewer available resources. This is probably the most common constraint of managing projects in technology. Knowing how to do more with less in technology is a superior skill to have as an employee in any business, with no-code and low-code technology on the market, compared to just technical expertise. And by the way, these developers may be non-traditional and non-coding, but they are not non-technical. They have a technical understanding that grows as their career progresses. They often have domain expertise with a better understanding of business and how to build solutions that make it run better. In some organizations, this person is called a citizen developer or business technologist. If your organization would like to launch a Citizen Development training program for students or professionals to learn in-demand non-traditional tech and business solution skills, book a meeting to learn about our training programs. ---
Founder & Lead Consultant | Internyl.com | Business Apps & Automations | Visual Development | Partnering with SMBs
I've been hearing people suggest that businesses avoid hiring no-code developers who lack a technical background (i.e., traditional software development experience and skillsets). I get the sentiment, but the implicit idea that technically-backgrounded no-code developers are categorically the better candidate for your project or role is flat-out wrong. Over the years, I've seen plenty of instances where the opposite has held true. No-code lowers the barrier to development, which allows strategically-minded individuals without a technical background to deliver both micro-solutions and comprehensive systems that far exceed those created by technically skilled individuals. This is because, often times, those with a technically-heavy background have never operated at the business level, and thus don't have the consulting experience necessary to distill business strategy and business processes into technical requirements. Of course, I've come across technically-backgrounded no-coders who are without a doubt in the top percentage of no-coders. Point being, it really depends on each particular person. But again, the idea that the one with a technical background is always the right person is incompatible with the natural synthesis between no-code and business-level goals, strategies, and requirements. At the end of the day, consider each person or agency in and of themselves: (1) are they strategically competent and able to operate at the business level, (2) are they technically competent, and (3) can you trust them? #nocode #operations #software #development #hiring
Abdullah Usmani
3mo
Absolutely agree! Non-traditional developers bring invaluable skills and insights.!
Maintenance… how long do you expect to run a piece of software? Creating apps is not the problem, it is maintaining and changing them, integrating, extending and supporting them, this is where the long term cost sits. Supporting & maintaining software means using technology that is stable and available for a broad cross section of applications being developed. You don’t want to use completely different systems for each app. You need a platform and consistency of approach otherwise maintenance will become more costly and significant as on going technical debt. Organisations need a strategy for onboarding no code technologies, and a formalised approach for building apps, ie like design for test, simplifying maintenance when issues occur, documentation, everything the pro code teams follow. No Code doesn’t mean hacking, it needs to be held to a high standard, with documentation helping support the maintenance lifecycle.