I don't code although I can follow a man page and a wiki. I can get by with HTML and I can knock out a LAMP server reasonably from memory. I've over 17 years hands-on experience with Linux and personally know a fair few of the big names in the Linux/FOSS community.
I suspect one of my fortes is that I can basically paint pictures with words and explain things to non-techies in a language and examples they can understand even if those examples are in fact not technically correct. :-)
I have no idea where that chunk of verbal diarrhoea came from? :-D