Technical skills Scrum Masters need | Do Scrum Master have to be technical?

Do Scrum Masters have to be technical? A popular question that often leads to lots of disagreements and debate. I believe a Scrum Master role is a non-technical one. BUT – there is a nuance here. For all the developers who are already writing a long angry paragraph in the comments telling me how wrong I am and that Scrum Master is a useless role, actually watch the video first.

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