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Every industry is full of technical hills that people plant their flag on. What is yours?

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[–] MudMan@fedia.io 18 points 21 hours ago (17 children)

Is there anybody on Lemmy that isn't a software engineer of some description? No? Anyone?

[–] Unlearned9545@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

Manufacturing design automation specialist

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

I do gynecology as a hobby.

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 9 points 20 hours ago

I'm a geologist!

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago
[–] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Just because I'm not in a technical job doesn't mean I'm not a technology user.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Yes, me. I am a network engineer with an expired CCNA

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

I'm a machinist.

[–] kboos1@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Low voltage electrical engineer!

[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Musician and Audio Engineer (so my 9-5 is in IT)

[–] djmikeale@feddit.dk 1 points 15 hours ago

I do data engineering, so to software engineers, the answer is no. To non-software engineers, they'd probably say yes

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 points 20 hours ago

I'm not, although I do write some code.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

I do (workplace) safety, compliance and hazardous waste handling.

[–] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

My field is HR.

As for technical hills, I'm not sure.

[–] pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago
[–] higgsboson@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I am a former Solutions Architect. So yeah, the only code I would ever write is some hacky scripting.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I was thinking the same thing.

otoh, the post does say 'technical'

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Lots of trades are starting to use more modern equipment, to the slow embracement of older more “established” tradespeople.

An example from a couple decades ago, when auto leveling tiling systems were coming out, more “prestigious” companies refused to use them since they think it’s cheating. It’s like a calculator, a tool to make your life easier though.

Anyways, now you won’t catch tilesetters NOT using them.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 19 hours ago

This was my introduction to the 'wonders of tech.'

With great fanfare and joyous noises, we were promised a wonderful, fully modern system that would solve a problem no one knew we had. I was a new supervisor and had to learn a system that seemed to be designed to frustrate and annoy everyone who used it.

the tl, dr is the city wasted lots of money on a project the Mayor's daughter was pushing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CityTime_payroll_scandal