techies
Digital gadget experts
Techies are people with technical expertise, especially in computing and electronics.
The term is informal and mildly affectionate, suggesting enthusiasm as much as skill: The techies in IT fixed my laptop.
A techie might be a professional programmer, a hobbyist who builds computers, or anyone notably comfortable with technology.
Brainy social misfit
- geekObsessive enthusiast
- gamerVideo entertainment enthusiast
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
- tinkererHobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
maker · gadgeteer · modder · otaku · fanboy · cosplay · hackathon · LARP
One who builds things
- programmerOne who writes software
- engineerTechnical design professional
- architectBuilding design professional
- analystOne who examines systematically
sysadmin · DevOps · consultant · IT · coder · specialist · networking · software
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
prototype · pioneering · patent · venture · founder · pivot · unicorn · accelerator
Corrective eyewear or tumblers
- hoodieTopped sweatshirt
- caffeineMethylxanthine stimulant compound
- introvertOne who turns inward
- basementSubterranean building level
jargon · all-nighter · pizza · keyboard · screens · pale · obsessive · antisocial
Recreational pursuer of interests
- aficionadoKnowledgeable, passionate follower
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- buffAvid fan; also burnish
- whizInformal term for expert
collector · prosumer · passion · builder · experimenter · self-taught · upgrader
nerd
Brainy social misfit
tinkerer · maker · gadgeteer · modder · otaku · fanboy · cosplay · hackathon · LARP · retro-gaming
developer
One who builds things
- programmerOne who writes software
- engineerTechnical design professional
- architectBuilding design professional
analyst · sysadmin · DevOps · consultant · IT · coder · specialist · networking · software · hardware
startup
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- disruptiveTending to interrupt order
- breakthroughSudden important advance
incubator · prototype · pioneering · patent · venture · founder · pivot · unicorn · accelerator · bootstrapping
glasses
Corrective eyewear or tumblers
basement · jargon · all-nighter · pizza · keyboard · screens · pale · obsessive · antisocial · workaholic
hobbyist
Recreational pursuer of interests
- aficionadoKnowledgeable, passionate follower
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- buffAvid fan; also burnish
whiz · collector · prosumer · passion · builder · experimenter · self-taught · upgrader
- internet usersusers, browsers, surfers, daily users, power users
- tech hobbyistsgamer, tinkerers, programmer, makers, coder
- techiesgeeks, nerds, coders, programmers, developers
- early adoptersearly adopters, innovators, pioneers, trendsetters, beta testers
- West CoastersCalifornians, Oregonians, Washingtonians, Angelenos, San Franciscans
techiesartisans
Skilled manual workers
craftsmen · tradespeople · manual laborers · blue-collar workers · old guard
techiesartists
Makers of creative works
wordsmiths · poets · creatives · tradespeople · craftspeople