I just hired a new sales employee without much technical background. Does anyone have any good links or material she should read to get an understanding of development, developers, and coding?
I'm a marketing consultant with a technical lean, so I also had to learn a lot about development and coding without it being my primary responsibility. Here are some things that helped me:<p>1. Learning to code. There's no better way to learn than by doing. A basic course on Codecademy should be mandatory for any marketer or salesperson working for a tech product.<p>2. Reading books like "Dreaming in Code" to empathize with developers and to understand the kids of challenges they face.<p>3. Read Hacker News to broaden their tech vocabulary and basic knowledge.<p>4. Your product's documentation.