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.

  • Phx333@lemmy.ml
    133·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • BakingCookies@lemmy.world
    72·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • mean_bean279@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for being a substitute teacher. I’m EdTech and I always think of subs as being one of the most difficult jobs in education since you’re learning how to manage a class you’ve most likely never managed before, trying to work on technology that is never the same and varies from room to room, and all while being bombarded by staff when you show up if you can cover other classes on the day too.

      • BakingCookies@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 years ago

        Thank you. I taught high school for several years, so I try to think of subbing as just getting the fun parts of teaching without a lot of the BS. (In saying that,I know that the school district I currently work in doesn’t have a lot of severe behavioral issues that other schools have.)

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    765·
    2 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

    • Cybermass@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 years ago

      I wish you luck! College/university is amazing! I wanna go back (went for trades) but it’s super expensive and I managed to land a job in tech without a degree. We will see though.

  • Murbella@lemmy.ml
    57·
    2 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. :-)

  • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
    49·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • uhauljoe@lemmy.world
    43·
    2 years ago

    I’m non tech.

    I just work as essentially an administrative assistant in a real estate-esque office making $20 an hour.

    Just a married woman in her 20s who is sick of Reddit’s shit.

  • Bkr1221@lemmy.world
    35·
    2 years ago

    I do not have a tech background. I am a baker in my mid 30’s. I became sick of reddits shit, and once RIF was gone I was done.

    I really like Lemmy, even though I admit it is a bit confusing at times, but I’ve gotten the jist of it I think.

  • Secretlysatan@lemmy.world
    34·
    2 years ago

    Am just a poor peasent fastfood worker lol, I joined Lemmy because I was looking for reddits alts and I saw some people saying “don’t try to understand it too much just sign up” so I did.

  • AlaskaMan@lemmy.world
    281·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • SelfHigh5@lemmy.world
    25·
    2 years ago

    I work in a bakery. I used to be a nurse. But my husband is in tech otherwise I wouldn’t know about Lemmy more than likely.

  • Fannybaws@lemmy.ml
    24·
    2 years ago

    Non-tech background. I’m a book editor and when the Snoopocalypse happened, most of the niche communities I was a part of were shut down in protest, so I decided to give Lemmy a try. Loving it so far, as it seems way less toxic.