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Ask HN: Losing Vision – What remote IT jobs are possible?
Hi Friends,
Someone I know is losing reading vision to diabetes. She has worked on online marketing with almost 7 years of experience. What are work from home remote jobs possible for her and what are the places she can find those.
- brudgers 11y agoMany places have vocational rehabilitation and employment offices as public services. That's not a bad place to start if it is available because connecting people with resources is what they do all day.
- Someone1234 11y agoHonestly, fully remote IT jobs are going to countries with extremely low cost of living. Why pay someone in the West $40K/year when you can pay someone in the East $20K/year? So a lot of "remote jobs" in the West have an in-person component or have strict language requirements (e.g. have to talk to customers, and the company wants to project being a US-based business). Remote jobs that pay well enough are hard to come by for that reason. Plus a lot of people would love a fully remote job so they likely get a lot of highly qualified applicants when they do appear. Sorry if this is unhelpful/not what you asked. Just trying to explain why finding these jobs isn't easier.
- fiftyacorn 11y agoIve been considering doing remote work so have read a few threads on this. There is a general trend to off shore this sort of role, but there is also a need to keep these roles inland to allow companies to keep compliance, occasional visits to site without visa issues and to protect against loss of IP. This creates opportunities for OP's friend
- twunde 11y agoTake a look at https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job for some resources. There are remote jobs out there but there aren't many.
- santoshmaharshi 11y agoThanks, this is a very good list.
- JSeymourATL 11y agoScreen reading software might help your friend stay active in online marketing. Here's an article from 2010:> http://gizmodo.com/5620079/giz-explains-how-blind-people-see-the-internet http://gizmodo.com/5620079/giz-explains-how-blind-people-see...
- santoshmaharshi 11y agoThanks, this is helpful.
- anon987 11y agoI worked at at place with a couple blind computer programmer types. I never talked to them to ask them how they did it, but they did it somehow, so I'm sure you can too. I wish you the best.
- saturdayplace 11y agohttps://weworkremotely.com/ https://weworkremotely.com/ is a job board specifically for positions that are remote.
- Spooky23 11y agoLook for an onsite job with a .gov. In some cities and states, they have the ability to hire disabled people without impact to their staffing/fill level. In New York, it's part of civil service law section 55b