Staaaaaaahp.

I'm not asking your opinion, here. I'm telling you how it is, in a company that employs a lot of developers. I'm telling you what you'd need to be able to do and talk about just to be able to get an interview.

I work in biz dev, but I'm often involved in interviews because I'm a people person, and exactly because I'm not inclined to get into the minutiae of technical matters. I've been here a long time and I know who's going to fit and who isn't.

So you can dismiss my experience and opinion, because I'm not a developer, irrespective of my input into the hiring process.

On the other hand, Scott A is 100% exactly what you're trying to be and do; further, he's the guy who'd be interviewing you and making the final hire/no hire decision. And he's saying the exact same things that I am.

You're pissing into the wind. Unsurprisingly, this is resulting in you being covered in piss.