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Discussion on: What do you call people who don't code?

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Zohar Peled

Here's a short list to add to the wonderful suggestions already posted by others:

  • Citizens (like the opposite of cops)
  • Q.A. (because you're either with us or against us)
  • Users (yes, computers are just like drugs)
  • People (well, most people don't write code, so...)
  • Acoders (the same way an atheists is the opposite of a theist)
  • DevNots (as in Dev - not [kinda weak, I know, but I'm running out of ideas here])

On a slightly more serious note - as far as I know (as a non-native English speaker) there's no real word for that in English, nor is there one in my native language - but that's just fine, because a citizen isn't actually the opposite of a cop, just like a passenger isn't the opposite of a pilot.

Just like you don't have a special word for anyone that's not collecting stamps, or not driving drag races, you don't have a special word for anyone that don't write code - and for a good reason - just think how many more words would we need in our vocabulary if a language would have a special word for the opposite of any occupation or hobby.