[cbd1984]

> I'd think "I do web development" should be a sufficient signal that "this person is not non-technical."

Not to a systems software developer, sonny.

/s

(Besides, "I do web development" could easily mean "I know what Dreamweaver is". (It's that song by Gary Wright which helped inspire Freddy Kreuger, right?))

[wolfgke]

> (Besides, "I do web development" could easily mean "I know what Dreamweaver is".

People who fall into the (negative) category "I know what Dreamweaver is" never describe themselves as web developers, but rather as web designers (and the serious web designers, say, as UX designer).

[cperciva]

I misread that the first time, and thought "I don't understand... someone saying that they do web development should be a perfectly clear sign that they're nontechnical, especially to a systems developer".