Asklemmy

I'm a stay at home mom and a former teacher. My husband does IT, which means I do even less tech stuff than when I was single because I always just call him. I really like Lemmy. I was a casual Redditor and never used any third party apps, but after coming here to check it out, I'm now planning to stay.

Bro I don't even understand what a server is. My spouse explains it to me like every second week and I get it for like 30 seconds but I just don't understand to remember. I'm also not sure what a router is. Apparently Wifi is like radio, just waves? Wtf

I've got a MSc degree in Biomedicine and before going on parental leave (still am) I've worked in pharmaceutical research and with DNA/RNA analytical services in the lab. My biggest tech experience was trying to code with R and I hated it and it was a mess.

Im in HVAC/plumbing. But I mainly install the stuff.

I built my own Computer, use Linux and am passionate about floss and privacy issues.

Apartment building super. But also a computer geek.

I'm not tech, but sales as a profession. Now, to be fair, I have an interest in tech and I'm always looking for what's new.

Tax consultant

There is non-tech and non-technical.

I'm not in a tech field, but I'm in an engineering field and there is a lot of technical knowledge in that.

I used to be an accountant. I’m in the process of changing careers. It still won’t be tech related.

Wastewater Operator. We have an older gentleman at my job who refuses to use computers at all. We still do everything with paper and pen. Nothing is digitized.

I think a lot of people here who are not into tech in a non-professional capacity are into "nerd" stuff as a hobby. Including me. I don't know if I count, but I'm looking forward into working in tech, kinda terified because I run the chance of getting my hobby jaded.

Soon to be brewer. But I play with Linux (after w 10 got too heavy with updates).

I’m a security system salesman, and while some of it is “technical”, it’s probably not in the sense you meant.

I needed a social media that has more legitimate conversation. Reddit provided that but fuck Spez.

Lenny has been my replacement!

I'm a teenager with a maintenance job, interested in game design tho.

I have no tech background. I have a degree in communications that I'm wasting as a veterinary receptionist and doctors assistant. The discount is huge for people who have a lot of animals, and wait times for appointments are very long due to the shortage in the industry. My animals are seen right away for the slightest concerns, and they get top quality care for pennies on the dollar. They've got me by the short and curlies.

I’m not super into tech and I work in a bookstore. I heard about the fediverse thru various sources on the red site.

I am a loader on a dust cart. I found out about this type of website through my brother, who was mates with the IT guy where he worked. He told him about Digg and reddit, which I then joined. I actually prefer the tech side of things rather than everything being memes.

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.

Been in the foodservice industry for a lot of years. Quit that and switched to nonprofit social services.

I am of the age that I remember helping my mom set the time on her VCR so it would stop blinking 12:00. Now I need my kids to help me with stuff they consider pretty basic.

A humanist here, working in the cultural heritage (which is also increasingly digital) field.

I reckon I have more computer skills than an average user but in no way I am a "techie". It's just that I know how to search for tech solutions and am not afraid of breaking the computer. Due to using Unity I also have some experience with C# and currently I am trying to learn python (mostly just for fun but you'll never know if it ends up being helpful at some point).

So definetily not a tech person, but interested in both the humanist and technological side if life.

I'm technical. But I would love to hear from people who aren't. It's impressive for someone who isn't technical to be on Lemmy I think.

I lift things up and put them down.

(UPS driver and avid gamer. No tech background but would have loved to have gone down that path in my yoots. c'est la vie )

Marketing / illustrator. I'm tangentially techy 👌

I’m a stand-up comic and game show host. I migrated from reddit, where I founded /r/feminineboys and then passed it to capable moderators and abandoned the site as Apollo died.

Airline pilot. Surprisingly low technical knowledge required considering how computerized airplanes are.

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

I work in a bank and have very little technical knowledge about mechanics, software, coding and web design. However, I know a good deal about computer hardware, as one of my hobbies is fixing and building computers.

Financial Services here. Licensed Broker for a major firm.

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 😁

I don't know if I count but I'm a communications student. Information technology is somewhat related but this field isn't pragmatic when it comes to that. I'm probably one of the few students here who's interested in studying (alternative) media platforms over media content.

It's rare to have dicussions on things like copyleft, privacy, open-source software, and decentralized communications platforms, all of which I genuinely believe are worthwhile topics in this field.

In STEM, but not tech specifically. At least not professionally.

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

i’m a psychology student going to graduate school for counseling :) wouldn’t consider myself to have a tech background - tech savvy enough to build my own pc and troubleshoot common tech problems for friends, but not tech savvy enough to understand most open source technology