[nfbcs] Career Advice

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Daniel.
I got a programming certificate, after I found I was going nowhere with my
college degree.  I looked around, and found a certificate course that
taught the languages employers were looking for at the time.  It was
local, not out-of-state.
If you do go to Lions World, try to make sure that they are teaching
languages that will actually  be in demand.
Learning programming was a very good move for me.  I have a secure job
that pays well, and is usually interesting.  I'm not sure if the IRS job
pays well, or is interesting.
My brother is also a blind programmer, working for subcontractors to the
government.  He gets paid OK, but gets laid off every few years.
So your results may vary. But I think he'd rather be programming than
having a rather dull but secure IRS job.
HTH.
Tracy

> Hello Everyone:
>
> I hope this is the appropriate forum for this question.
>
> I am legally blind with a background in engineering and manufacturing.
> After
> talking with many blind engineers, I find that many of them are thriving
> computer programmers.
>
> I am now trying to decide whether to go to Lions World in Little Rock to
> take their 10 month computer programming course. My counselor at my states
> agency for the blind wants me to go to Lions World but to take one of
> their
> IRS courses, which would in essence be a guaranteed job with the Feds.
>
> I am the type of person who could do any job, at least that is what my
> aptitude tests tell me.
>
> What is life like for blind computer programmers? Do most work for
> employers
> or as freelancers/contractors? Are there any languages in particular I
> should focus on? Are there any other ways of learning computer programming
> as a blind person than going out of state? Learning on my own is just not
> working for me.
>
> Any advice you can give would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel Garcia
> Northville, MI
>
>
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