Work for a class 1 railroad. I’m about as tech savvy as your grandma.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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Non-tech! I'm a buyer for a large wholesaler and distributor.
University student. Doing business. Not that tech savvy. I will learn some programing languages because finding a job(a good one) gets harder and harder every year.
I'm a CPA and not highly skilled in computer stuff. The fact that I managed to join Lemmy, set up Jerboa and actually participate means that almost anyone can do it
I’m a master’s candidate in the life sciences and public health. I can’t code or anything, but I regularly troubleshoot my own computer problems, and I’ve built a couple PCs for gaming. The most technical my field gets in this sense is the use of R or SPSS for statistical analysis.
social sciences (anthro) background but have always been a bit on the tech savvy side and had tech support jobs
Civil Engineering, do a lot of things to keep me interested from design, construction, pm and administrative stuff depending on the phase of the project. And yeah, there is a lot of IT/Programming Guys in Reddit and Lemmy now.
I've never worked in any tech field, but I've built every computer I've ever owned and have been online since '93, which I suppose counts as far as this thread is concerned.
Non-tech career but have always been a tech enthusiast.
I'm currently an attorney but in another life I worked help desk in the military.
Tech background, but never worked with it.
I'm a plumber now, used to design trusses for houses.
I am not a geek.
Non-tech background, currently a undergrad student, but formally trained office worker for secretary and business matters.
Non tech. Designer.
I'm a programmer but I don't think there is a high bar of entry here, maybe with so many options to choose from maybe
No tech background. I work as a teaching assistant and after-school teacher with grades 1-4 (not exactly, but those are the closest US equivalents). Always loved technology though so I spend as much time as I can teaching my kiddos programming and other nerdy things.
Non-tech user here. Well I'm tech-minded I think, and tech-savvy. I know enough code to say that I thoroughly dislike PHP and Javascript. But that's about it.
I think "fediverse" and "instances" are terms many non-tech-oriented might find confusing. and off-putting, maybe because they're not immediately intuitive. I'm aware of the concept of instancing but wasn't sure how or where to create an account at first. I made an account on world because I figured I'd probably see more content there? I don't know.
And making a new account for each instance? I'm not entirely sure if that's how it works yet but that's my understanding. It's intimidating, it's daunting. Plus I'm not as tech savvy as a lot of the people here. It's not that it's uninviting, really--quite the opposite, in fact--but I still have this imposter syndrome-like feeling that I'm not supposed to be here.
Idk. That's my take.
I know enough code to say that I thoroughly dislike PHP and Javascript
Then you don't know enough code.
And making a new account for each instance?
That's not necessary, you can join any community on any instance, for example one on my instance, !wwdits@lemmings.world - you might notice it's on the lemmings.world instance and even though you're on lemmy.world, you should be able to click the link and see the posts / subscribe / write comments / posts.
I still have this imposter syndrome-like feeling that I’m not supposed to be here
If you like it here, it's exactly where you should be!
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I do music, photography/videography, strength training, student too, but it started by being into tech (still am), it's helped for doing music/photography greatly.
I don’t have a specific job, I do administrative work, customer service, worked in a few shops… I would love to work in tech but I’m not an expert, just passionate about it! I tried to follow an online course but I need a real teacher and where I live there aren’t many opportunities unless you go to university