I think most all of us here on Lemmy are people with technical background. Most of my professional contacts remained using Reddit, Twitter and even excited when Threads launched.

If you are non-tech background, please comment and share what you do for life.

If you have tech background, upvote this to help promote this post so that we can find more non-tech users on Lemmy.

  • @Cross@lemmy.world
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    252 years ago

    Union ironworker, mainly do heavy rigging and crane work. Not tech related at all, but I’ve helped build data c enters all over the US

  • Evkob (they/them)
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    82 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.

  • arefx
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    92 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.

  • tha_frontline
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    502 years ago

    Non-tech Background. I work for a big union and migrated here from reddit, which was my only social media site I would use.

  • @Underbroen@feddit.dk
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    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?

  • @Makeshift@sh.itjust.works
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    172 years ago

    Factory worker. Not tech illiterate but also not exactly an expert in any respect.

    Have been abnormal though, Internet-wise. I only have a twitter to post crap from Switch to lazily import screenshots to computer. When Facebook asked for my real name I said fuck you and never looked back.

    Reddit was the only social media that I actually used as social media.

  • Jackie's Fridge
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    82 years ago

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

  • @wildeaboutoskar@beehaw.org
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    22 years ago

    I’m a data analyst that’s started to do more data science stuff (learning SQL/python) but not sure I would quite class myself as technical yet.

  • queermunist she/her
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    982 years ago

    I’m an assembly line worker and have been for about five years now at different factories. Refrigerators, car parts, ag equipment, etc.

    There’s a job opening coming up at a plant that offers college benefits though, so hopefully I get to join y’all in tech in a few years. Hopefully working with so many robots and machines will give me an advantage through sheer osmosis lol

  • @Crazypartypony@lemmy.world
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    132 years ago

    I work in HR. Im also working on getting the fuck out of HR. Not into anything techy, though. I came here from reddit just before rif died.

  • @Murbella@lemmy.ml
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    752 years ago

    I’m a stay at home mom, no professional tech background. I came here to get away from Reddit. I am considered the “tech support” for my family and friends though. :-)

  • @Velociraptor@beehaw.org
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    52 years ago

    Traditional and digital artist here. I do graphic design and illustration. Have always had a healthy interest in tech, though.

  • funky-rodent [he/him]
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    142 years ago

    Social worker in sexual education and health from Germany

    Hobby tech-savy but mainly enthusiastic for tech stuff Aim to do IT to social service translation

    Greetings :)