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.
I’m still in school lol. I am into computers, so idk if that counts
have a great day and be kind
oh wait this is a 2yo post… whatever lol
Work on/build racecars. Some of it’s very technical, but probably not the type you’re asking about. Also a woman. I’m checking off all the abnormal demographics here. Right?
We should normalize what you do. Woman can build racecars or do any other work a man can. Great work, keep it up!
Yeah the only other abnormal demographic I can think of is being totally normal and well functioning mentally.
But I mean c’mon, this is an internet forum, we are all nuts here haha
62 years old woman, semi-retired, only work part time now. I was in the travel business. Found Lemmy thru a Reddit comment a few months ago. Felt the need for a change. Currently with Lemmy, Kbin and Mastodon, trying to find my place.
That’s like the coolest thing. I hope you feel super welcome here.
Non tech background here. I work in a steel mill and see social media as entertainment. A time killer.
Dope, steel mills always seemed like a cool place to work. The large mechanical machines everywhere and the way that Liquid Metal pours is always cool AF.
Personally, it sounds like quite a warm environment
The conditions are less than ideal, but it’s interesting to watch.
I’m a substitute teacher, and definitely not technical but my husband is, and he introduced me to Reddit many years ago. It was fun but I only ever used it on the RIF app. When I saw what was happening last month, I read a thread that suggested Lemmy as an alternative so here I am.
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. :-)
I’m a biologist, but have always been fairly techy in my own time outside of my work. Definitely not much of a tech person though, I can’t code or anything like that. Can troubleshoot most of my own technical issues though and built a PC.
I’m in marketing haha, I joke that I’m my parent’s IT person, but that’s just about as technical as I get
Stay at home wife. I used to work as a bookkeeper, now dealing with some health issues. However I am 55 and have used computers since as long as i can remember, I learned how to use punch cards in what you yanks would call middle school. So I don’t work in tech, but it doesn’t bother me to learn new things. Lemmy reminds me of the good old days of BBS and just trying things out to see what stuck.
Before becoming a stay-at-home dad, I was a state investigator (and a police officer prior to that). I investigated medical doctors and nurses on behalf of their respective state licensing boards, investigating things like application fraud, substandard care, unprofessional conduct, and drug diversion.
My tech skills are limited to building a PC and basic troubleshooting.
My wife is a therapist and she’s considering making the jump from Reddit to Lemmy.
Fuck spez.
I’m disabled and unemployed with only a GED education. I’m not a programmer or anything. I taught myself basic HTML in 1997 when I was 10, but that’s about as far as I go. I know juuuuust enough about tech to understand and appreciate that Lemmy is decentralized and open-source.
But I think you’ll find that a lot of new users are only here because Spez is ruining Reddit. All they’re looking for is a Reddit that doesn’t suck.
I’m a geographer and haven’t been techie since it was considered technical to connect a VCR to a TV using RCA cables
Just a regular 'ol retail worker. I’m so glad Lemmy was here to save my lunch breaks from reddit.
I’m far from a technical background. I make storyboards and concepts for ads and animations. Mostly related to graphics and illustration. Sort of a digital art director.
At the same time I do all my work on a tablet + computer and am a huge tech enthusiast.
Classical composer here, and choral conductor. I’ve always been a computer person, but I don’t have a background on tech stuff.
Ooh! Will you be posting some clips of your works here?
