[Rehab] Fwd: Draft announcement

[Richard Davis]

Software Developers

Kevin Fjelsted of R. D. Partners, Inc. is interested in hiring blind
persons as software developers. They are engaged in developing
telecommunications software for their customers, including CRM LIght and
iOS applications for iPhone.

As you may know, finding software developers who know accessibility is a
big problem today. Kevin thinks hiring blind persons is the solution to
this problem.

Given the demand for software developers today (100,000 job vacancies
nationwide) companies are no longer requiring four year degrees in computer
science or information technology. Instead, a number of "boot camp"
training programs have cropped up, some of them quite expensive.  R.D.
Partners has found a nonprofit that has agreed to train people for them at
no charge to trainees.

What do you need to do to take advantage of this opportunity? First of all,
be a power computer user with knowledge of accessibility. Some training
and/or experience in software development is recommended, but a solid
interest in learning and a commitment to this type of work is definitely
required. They will be able to determine if you have the aptitude pretty
quickly.

This is a job for a creative person. Many software developers are writers,
poets, and artistic types. That may surprise some of you, but it is true.

If you feel you are qualified, contact kevin.fjelsted at rdpartnersinc.com. He
is willing to answer the kinds of tecnical questions I cannot.

Best wishes,
Dick Davis
NFB Employment Committee