I'm not sure my experiences will be relevant to your situation, Ibrahim. But
I was talking about this with a friend of mine a few weeks ago. It is
difficult to say if it is better to have some skills that in high demand but
that a lot of people have or if it's better to have some skills that few
people have but aren't in such great demand. Specifically, is it better to
be an expert in Windows or linux?
My department at the University of Wisconsin hired me as a linux systems
administrator about 4 years ago. then about 6 months later they hired a
Windows systems administrator. My boss said they found far fewer people
qualified as a linux systems administrator compared to the number of
qualified applicants for the Windows job. That meant that when I applied for
the linux job, there was far less competition for me. On the other hand,
there are far fewer jobs in linux administration than in Windows.
My opinion is that for a blind person, your chances are better if you are
one of only a few applicants for a job even if that means there are fewer
jobs available to you. That's because I think that as a blind person, you
have to really impress them in order to get them to hire you. If you're way
more qualified than anyone else who is applying for a job, they're more
likely to give you a chance even though you are blind.
So you might consider learning linux/unix networking and linux/unix systems
administration.
Another thing you might look into is the area of computer security. That's
a growing field. There is something called CISSP certification. I'm not
sure if it is offered in Egypt but I do know it's offered internationally.
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From: "Ibraam Wahib"
hello members: please I'm a blind man from a development country. I'm from Egypt, I need a guide to be a system administrator. what I need to be study? courses? certification? how about accessibility in this field? I'm studying now in CAVI, in semester 2 in ITE and CCNA discovery. my dream to be professional in computer, and find a job in a place who not believe that blind can do such things. thanks. any help well be appreciated. ibraam. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins