Work for a class 1 railroad. I’m about as tech savvy as your grandma.
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Nice, I work for a train manufacturer in a test lab.
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.
I'm a surgical technologist, so, "tech", but not IT.
Non-tech career but have always been a tech enthusiast.
Does payroll count as technical? I suppose maybe within our payroll system (Workday), but that's peanuts compared to like actual tech jobs.
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.
Non-tech background, currently a undergrad student, but formally trained office worker for secretary and business matters.
social sciences (anthro) background but have always been a bit on the tech savvy side and had tech support jobs
Well, I have a degree in tech. Work in finance. Tech hobbies, programmer second job
So I probably don't fit. Most of my working life was retail though.
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.
Tech background, but never worked with it.
I'm a plumber now, used to design trusses for houses.
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.
Non-tech! I'm a buyer for a large wholesaler and distributor.
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'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.
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 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.