My lateral question, should anyone have spare time, is which interface jobs exist between geekdom and the rest of the world? (Or more specifically computer geekdom, as a concentrated nexus of paying geekdom). Which ones are open to people with no programming training?

My first two thoughts are QA and tech writing. Both of these are jobs that are best done by people who can swing both ways. There are also lots of domain-specific roles if you have an interest in one particular area; for instance, if you happened to have a qualification as a librarian, you could look for work around the edges of library IT, or with a company that’s doing something library-like (eg. LibraryThing), where the technical team might need to have someone around who knows the non-tech stuff and can explain it the right way.

But I’d like to open this up to everyone else and see what else might be suggested. Readers, over to you!