Explaining Technical Concepts

As a developer, you often need to explain technical issues to product managers or clients. Here is how to do it effectively.

1. Use Analogies

Compare technical concepts to everyday things.

• API: Like a waiter in a restaurant taking your order to the kitchen and bringing back food.
• Database Index: Like the index at the back of a book that helps you find information faster.

2. Focus on "Why" and "What", not "How"

Stakeholders care about the impact, not the code.

• Bad: "We need to refactor the legacy codebase because the technical debt is high."
• Good: "We need to update our system to make future features 50% faster to build."

3. Avoid Jargon

If you must use a technical term, define it immediately in simple words.

Practice

Next time you solve a bug, try explaining it to a friend who isn't in tech. If they understand, you're ready!