[nfbcs] Blind computer scientist wanted

[Sabra Ewing]

I feel that you are being a bit arrogant Andy although I am biased against you. what I mean is that you really should take it one step at a time. At this point, we should be happy when any blind person gets a job outside of a sheltered workshop. when more blind people are graduating and stem fields and getting jobs outside sheltered workshops, that will be the time to push really hard to get blind people out of blindness related professions. however, in the accessibility field, we need to take it as a good thing that adaptive minority groups like deaf and blind people are getting hired. accessibility is not just something you do because you couldn't get a job anywhere else. It takes ingenuity, and it's best to have someone who actually uses accessibility features instead of someone who will have to test for them. there is such a shortage of blind people who can do the job and blind people are needed a lot and accessibility. Think about it. Without accessible software and development environments, blind people will not be branching out into other areas. I believe that accessibility is an important job that needs to be filled by blind developers, not blind testers.

Sabra Ewing

> On Oct 2, 2017, at 9:14 PM, Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I do to, but I don't think this means blind people shouldn't be able to apply for jobs in the accessibility field.
> 
> 
>> On 10/02/2017 07:45 PM, Andy B. via nfbcs wrote:
>> I want to see blind people doing normal jobs, not just ADA/accessibility
>> related work.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Lacy via
>> nfbcs
>> Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 8:06 PM
>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Blind computer scientist wanted
>> 
>> Nope, he forwarded a conversation from five years ago and added the
>> job-related message today. I promise it's current I must have messed it up
>> when I was erasing the extraneous stuff; sorry for the confusion.
>> 
>>> On 10/2/17, Bryan Schulz via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Did you read the sent date?
>>> The sent date from your friend was five years ago!
>>> Bryan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Lacy
>>> via nfbcs
>>> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2017 2:24 PM
>>> To: Jobs for the Blind <jobs at nfbnet.org>; NFB in Computer Science
>>> Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [nfbcs] Blind computer scientist wanted
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Noah Al Hadidi <noah.alhadidi at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:59:07 -0600
>>> Subject: this one!Re: FW: Your questions about accessibility
>>> To: lacy925 at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> Hey Amanda,
>>> I hope you are well. I currently work at charter Comunication and we
>>> are looking to higher people to help with websites, apps and other
>>> products accessibility.  do you know of any blind people who have
>>> computer science degree or programmers  and looking for a job? If so,
>>> send me their resume. This will be in Colorado.
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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