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[–] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Marketing, illustration, and graphic design here. I also dabble in music making but have yet to do anything interesting.

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I have my own carpet installation business, no formal tech knowledge but I'm a hobbyist and taught myself html and some visual basic in the late 90s early 00s when I was a young teenager and have always built my own computers to play games on, somice always had an interest without ever really getting involved as a.career 35 yo currently.

[–] Kiki@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Lecturer at a university! I am a political economist working on post-growth/post-development and trying to change the economics discipline. So I guess I feel quite good on Lemmy now, better than reddit 😁

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[–] miraclerandy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I’m in marketing and work on company websites from an SEO and content development perspective. Nothing too technical but I’m aware of some of it even if I don’t know how make a server/instance I’m aware of it’s benefits.

Also, I’ve done social media advertising and peeking behind that curtain opened my eyes on how advertisers use our data so it made me interested in open source and community run projects over company run software.

[–] zumutt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Bartender who's studying game design🀚

[–] Ultra980@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm a minor, so I can't have a job in tech, but I am really tech-savvy (I use NixOS and like to tweak every system I have)

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[–] Vaelia@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Financial Services here. Licensed Broker for a major firm.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

I'm in medicine. My level of computer literacy is that I've built several computers, and fuck around with easy versions of Linux for fun

[–] Magzmak@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Administration and office management but studied Ecology of course in college... it's like studying history in regards to getting a well paying job.

[–] trslim@pawb.social 7 points 2 years ago

I mean, I was a 25B in the army, which could be counted as technical, except that after training I pretty much never saw another army computer and became a radioman.

[–] Locuralacura@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm technically Stoopid with computer stuff. I teach elementary school.

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Physical therapist

[–] Fuckinwelder@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No tech background. I try to get by with online tutorials mostly.

I repair heavy equipment in the mining industry, as a welder.

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[–] amazigurl@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Marketing / illustrator. I'm tangentially techy πŸ‘Œ

[–] gaydarless@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My background is librarianship, but because I now work as a technical writer, I'm in close proximity to developers and I'm often looking at code and specs and such. I'm good at asking questions, which is what my job is really about. I'd say I know slightly more than the average joe on the street, but a lot less than anyone who's actually got a technical background and skillset. I do love learning, which is part of why I'm enjoying Lemmy so much. I didn't know much about the Fediverse or decentralised software. The learning curve has been fun!

[–] Aerosolninja@lemmus.org 7 points 2 years ago

I work as a medical office assistant and left Reddit once whatever 3rd party app I was using was no longer supported. I am however supposed to be learning to take over a medical IT business at some point. Allegedly.

[–] Underbroen@feddit.dk 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No technical background: historian, former university teacher and researcher, now researching at a museum. Did teach digital humanities though and am uhm... tech friendly?

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

I work as a barista in a coffee shop. I'm decently techy if you compare me to the average population. I can't code or anything actually technical, but I'm a decent tech support for friends and family (and by that I mean I am able to find and follow instructions written by people smarter than me using search engines).

Part of me would love to go to school and learn how to code, or get a better understanding of computing and land an IT or sysadmin type of role, since I love tinkering around computers (I semi-regularly install and setup a new operating system on my computer just out of boredom) but it seems like too much effort.

[–] HeckingShepherd@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I am a student working on a degree in finance. Work in cell phone sales part time so I am kinda used as tech support but wouldn’t consider myself that technical

[–] kairo79@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I work in a food warehouse. I have a little idea about technology, flashing consoles and stuff like that

[–] MidLifeCrisis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I’m something comparable to a bus driver

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Don’t have any formal tech education, but can write a simple Python program or build a simple circuit with a 555 timer.

History degree. Former lawyer. Current historian, public speaker, Podcaster, voice worker.

Not an official tech background, but I have built every desktop I have ever owned for decades. So I consider myself more knowledgeable than average. But less than anyone with a single year of comp sci training

[–] eggshappedegg@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

Personal care assistant

[–] TheChancePants@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I’m a pilot, certified flight instructor. Not professionally techy, but like techy stuff as a nerdy pastime. Lemmy’s honestly not that complicated, you just need to be willing to put up with the bugs and growing pains. I’m enjoying the ride so far!

[–] Hexarei@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Not me, but one of my closest friends is a professional handyman who is almost anti-technical, and I managed to get him using Lemmy.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I'm a Substation Designer. Non tech for sure. I had to get a coworker to plug up my monitors, I tried to do it myself and failed miserably.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

dont know shit about tech. most i ever knew was how to play games on the school laptops using a bunch of workarounds or loopholes

[–] jezus_christus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Psychiatric nurse here.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'm non-tech, but I was using the internet back in 1994 when you had to know more about how computers worked to get them to do what you wanted.

[–] house_mouse@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Not techy at all, am very confused mostly. I am figuring all this stuff out though, slowly. It's so new and exciting.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago

I'm an arborist. The most tech I get is figuring out mechanical advantage setups with various pulleys and snatch blocks.

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