How many Lemmy users are non-technical background?

SupBub, 11 months ago

Environmental protection here. Making sure people don’t fuck any shit up worse than it is. To be fair I do IT work on the side and hope to transfer into the field one day. You’d be surprised how many folks out there think I’m the enemy but they’re just mad they got caught, or completely misinformed.

“What do you mean i can’t dump oil down a drain?? Like, what can you dump down them then?”

Literally a question someone asked me this week.

sweetviolentblush, 11 months ago

non-tech, older millennial, and going back for nursing. I’ve been on the internet since the 90s and I love computers (and tech in general) but I’m not very tech-inclined

MJKee9, 11 months ago

Family law attorney who hates bullies. Fuck spez!

Lexicon, 11 months ago

I’m a geologist.

OneWomanCreamTeam, 11 months ago

Just a regular 'ol retail worker. I’m so glad Lemmy was here to save my lunch breaks from reddit.

user_already_exists, 11 months ago

I’m a librarian

megane_kun, 11 months ago

Should be expected if people know what libraries and librarians stand for.

AlaskaMan, 11 months ago

Thank you for your service.

MeowyNinhaj, 11 months ago

I do ceramics full time with my SO. We run the pottery subreddit but computery stuff is just a hobby! Heard about lemmy after losing the reddit is fun app. Its much better!

Velociraptor, 11 months ago

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

ezmack, 11 months ago

Used to be a handyman now I’m a machinist

ijeff, 11 months ago

Non-technical background here. I do strategic policy work.

Murbella, 11 months 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. :-)

Iusedtobeanadventurer, 11 months ago

One of us one of us

jvrava9, 11 months ago

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megane_kun, 11 months ago

If ever there is a “stereotypical OG Lemmy user” bingo card you’d probably be pretty close to winning.

jvrava9, 11 months ago

😂 thx, I will take this as a compliment

megane_kun, 11 months ago

Yeah, that’s a compliment. You already had me at that “Artix linux btw” part. 😂

jvrava9, 11 months ago

I had problems with Linix Mint so I switched, very good so far. No problems at all besides switching init systems from runit to openrc because I did not like runit commands 😂

megane_kun, 11 months ago

I would have expected a jump from Mint to Arch, but Artix? I totally didn’t expect that.

jvrava9, 11 months ago

Haha, did not want to depend on systemd. It has some major problems 1, 2

craftyindividual, 11 months ago

Cinema worker, diorama maker/sometime animator. I jumped ship from Reddit about 2 days before RiF became unusable. Have been progressively finding more (if not identical) interests to pursue in fediverse, and unexpectedly contributing more content than I did on Reddit.

jrubal1462, 11 months ago

Whoa, wait… diorama maker? Is that a hobby or a side gig? Do you have examples you could share? I’m quite curious as to what adult-made diorama’s look like outside of something like DnD.

craftyindividual, 11 months ago

Just scenes from films and stuff as a hobby. Nuclear test , mario (pen for scale) , [dune](Dune imgur.com/gallery/kWqYnUc), firewatch, [Asteroid city](Asteroid City imgur.com/gallery/9mAnbIG)

IdleSheep, 11 months ago

I am a translator. I do like tech and learning about it but that’s about it.

I came to Lemmy because reddit killed 3rd party apps and because I really support the idea of the fediverse.

krzschlss, 11 months ago

Photojournalist. I just pretend to know what the buttons do… it works. They all think I’m some kind of a genius with the picture machine, but I’m actually an artist.