If not technical in terms of CPU cycles, technical in terms of design. For one, I don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom of Stack Overflow to see the answers to a question. Stack Overflow also loads far faster, and has unobtrusive ads. These are things that hackers understand are important, and the suits have a difficult time understanding.
As far as I can tell Stack Overflow is a perfect example of a site where technical talent is almost irrelevant. Just like this site. We're not here because this site is written in Arc. We're here because of the community.