[nfbcs] How many of you got CS jobs through cold interviews?

[Suzanne Germano]

I have to say when I was at Grace Hopper career fair, I had my cane with me
and I got interviews with every company I was interested in. I even had
some approach me because thy were looking to increase diversity.

I know there is bias but many companies go out of their way for diversity.

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Star Gazer via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

>                                 The only jobs I've ever gotten were from
> people I knew.
> This being said, your friend says you should "be doing more". What exactly
> does he or she mean? I liken it to digging for water in the desert. If you
> haven't found water by digging with a shovel, getting two shovels won't get
> you water. You'd need to do something different, not something more.
> I'd ask your friend what steps he or she thinks you should be taking. There
> may be a pearl of wisdom there. There also may be nothing there, in which
> case you'll have to decide how to handle it... you can either politely say
> "thank you" or you can go into a discussion about negative bias with regard
> to blindness and maybe your friend will "get" it.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Lacy via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:34 PM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nfbcs] How many of you got CS jobs through cold interviews?
>
> I just graduated and I'm wondering how many blind people with CS degrees
> actually get jobs this way. I never have. I know one blind computer
> scientist in person and he says that the only way he's ever gotten work is
> through people he already knows. My sighted friend seems to think I should
> be doing lots of interviews, but they seem pointless for the same reason
> playing the lottery is pointless.
> Thoughts?
>
> Amanda
>
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