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One of the software engineers where I work is completely blind. I've never had a chance to interact with him as he's in a remote office unfortunately. He mainl
by Teknoman117 8y ago
One of the software engineers where I work is completely blind. I've never had a chance to interact with him as he's in a remote office unfortunately. He mainly writes in Python, bash, and C.
From what I understand, every project he works on has strict formatting requirements (can't commit until the linter passes, etc.) and his screen reader is programming language aware.
Although, to be honest, I feel that the thing he relies on most is his rather amazing ability to remember most of the exact contents of whatever file he's working on.
- dmos62 8y agoI would find it very interesting to read your coworker's account of what programming is like. Or anyone's account who has to approach programming differently compared to the average person. I'd love it if more people blogged in general.
- rane 8y agoCheck this out: https://www.vincit.fi/en/blog/software-development-450-words-per-minute/ https://www.vincit.fi/en/blog/software-development-450-words...
- jsgo 8y agoThis may be of interest to you, the GP's story about the coworker reminded me of this: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/working-at-amazon/blind-since-birth-writing-code-at-amazon-since-2013 https://blog.aboutamazon.com/working-at-amazon/blind-since-b...