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

[Star Gazer]

				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. 


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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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