Episode 16 - Non-technical in Tech With Luke Ndatigh

In this episode, Luke Ndatigh, an operations specialist at Adyen discusses his experiences coming from a highly technical background, and moving to a less technical role. He also talks about various non-technical roles in tech, how to position yourself to get into some of these roles and the big question "Should everyone get into tech?”

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Show Notes & Resources

(05:15) - Adyen: https://www.adyen.com

(05:24) - Stripe: https://stripe.com

(12:49) - Paystack: https://paystack.com

(13:28) - FairMoney: https://fairmoney.io

(14:11) - NLNG: https://www.nigerialng.com/Pages/index.aspx

(15:03) - Knapsack problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack_problem

(15:11) - Big O notation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation

(16:32) - Peter Thiel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

(16:42) - John Doerr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doerr

(16:48) - Alexander the Great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

(16:50) - Aliko Dangote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliko_Dangote

(17:08) - Kobe Bryant (Black Mamba): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant

(17:10) - Lebron James: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBron_James

(17:14) - Stephen Curry (Steph): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Curry

(17:17) - Andre Iguodala: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Iguodala

(17:42) - Peter Gregory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Silicon_Valley_characters#Peter_Gregory

(22:10) - CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS

(24:36) - Should everyone get into tech?

(25:24) - KPMG: https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home.html

(26:25) - Software is eating the world: https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world

(28:27) - SpinLaunch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinLaunch

(32:25) - Sand mining mafia: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/inside-india-sand-mining-mafia

(35:14) - More reading for non-technical roles: https://medium.com/23codestreet/tech-career-guide-non-technical-roles-in-tech-c036475ec147

(37:03) - Horrible Bosses on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23horriblebosses&src=typeahead_click

(48:07) - Red Pill Blue Pill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill