Non-tech career but have always been a tech enthusiast.
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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
I am not a geek.
I'm currently an attorney but in another life I worked help desk in the military.
I'm technical in a broad sense but not in the tech industry. I'm a production engineer putting in production lines for the auto industry.
Non-tech background, currently a undergrad student, but formally trained office worker for secretary and business matters.
Non tech. Designer.
Tech background, but never worked with it.
I'm a plumber now, used to design trusses for houses.
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
Ive worked in kitchens most of my life, now I work in AI and I have my own copy editing business, and go to school for Info Systems and Supply Chain Management. Wasnt tech but im slowly pushing into it because these are skills ill need to get to retire with money in the bank.
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
I'm a chemical plant operator working for one of the big companies in Germany
I started going to school for programming in my younger years, but life happened and now I'm a diesel technician (and aircraft mechanic in the US Army national guard)
Arts admin. But I live and grew up in Silicon Valley; my dad worked in tech although he wasn’t an engineer, so we always had fairly up-to-date tech and I’m pretty comfortable with it. But when my husband (software engineer) and I watch Linus Tech Tips, most of it goes over my head. I adopted Lemmy during the Reddit blackout before he did (and funny enough, I also switched to Reddit during the Digg fiasco before he did, too).
Yeah, I agree. I'm a programmer, and I too would also expect the majority of people using decentralized platforms have a technical background.