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Are you an engineer? I ask because you're on Hacker News. I've long been curious what the day to day workflow is for a blind engineer. Particularly if there
by ooqr 10y ago
Are you an engineer? I ask because you're on Hacker News.
I've long been curious what the day to day workflow is for a blind engineer. Particularly if there are any folks doing software development.
I'd be tempted to believe the kind of pseudo-visual thinking required for software design is exercised more in someone who has to construct their surroundings without visual input.
I'd also be happy to be told I'm wrong. I seek to understand.
- jcranmer 10y agoI know at least two blind people who worked on actual coding (in C++). Obviously, both of them had rather important advice to give the accessibility team. :-)
- lizzard 10y agoHere's a fairly recent post (or two) about being blind and a developer. https://www.parhamdoustdar.com/2016/04/03/tools-of-blind-programmer/ https://www.parhamdoustdar.com/2016/04/03/tools-of-blind-pro...
- aptwebapps 10y agoThe topic has come up before: https://hn.algolia.com/?utm_source=opensearch&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=opensearch&query=blind%20programmer&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?utm_source=opensearch&utm_medium=sea...