I'll ask him if it's all right; I'm sure he won't mind. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:08 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] How to sell yourself to employers as a blind, but capable technologist I'm in. Talk to my friend about it; he cares. Let me know what you need me to do on this, and I'll do what needs to be done. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of John G. Heim Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:04 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] How to sell yourself to employers as a blind, but capable technologist Just so you know, the International Association of Visually Impaired Technologists (www.iavit.org) has a project underway in which we hope to work with VMWare on accessibility of their EXXI suite of programs. We got a grant of $300 from the Lions Club to get started. And I've spoken with VMWare Cheif technology officer, Steve Herrod, about it. We have no official commitment from VMWare yet because I have yet to officially ask for support. But that is coming soon. Anyway, some of us blind people are working on this whole idea. We are not giving up on accessibility. To tell you the truth, the main drawback has been lack of interest among blind systems administrators. To be quite honest, when I wsay "we", I mean myself and a couple of people I've dragged into the project. Why is it up to me to spearhead this project on VMWare accessibility? I'm not a VMWare administrator. It is rather frustrating. Well, I know it's up to people like me to get this stuff done. It's not like somebody out there struggling to make ends meet, sending out a dozen resumes a day, can manage a project like this. I just wish that more of us who have made it would take an interest. (Hint, hint.) On 11/04/13 10:46, Katherine Moss wrote:
That's what we have to avoid doing; instead of saying, "the command line works, so let's use that", let's work with companies and organizations to educate them on accessibility. Otherwise, the worldly attitude's never gonna change.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 11:41 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] How to sell yourself to employers as a blind, but capable technologist
As someone currently taking IT courses in hopes of finding meaningful PAID work, is there an area of the computer industry that is less proan to accessibility challenges than others? Is there an area I can go into where the tools are more likely to be accessible, or even where lots of commandline and other non-graphical knowledge is a definite asset and would get me a leg up on the point-and-click sighted competition?
That's probably a pipe dream, but I thought I would ask here anyway. Good information is hard to come by.
Chris
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