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I’m not sure if you’re willing to consider a change of employer, but when I worked at Apple, their accessibility team never ceased to amaze me. They have severa
by taywrobel 7y ago
I’m not sure if you’re willing to consider a change of employer, but when I worked at Apple, their accessibility team never ceased to amaze me. They have several blind, as well as deaf and paralyzed engineers on their A11Y team. I’d argue that’s a large part of why the accessibility story on iOS is as good as it is. Having engineers that have various disabilities work on the accessibility of their products helps ensure that solutions genuinely solve problems in an effective way.
I know you may not want to have your disability define your career, but if working to help others that have the same affliction appeals to you, let me know. I’m not there any more, but still have connections I could reach out to for you.
- xenadu02 7y agoApple definitely has blind employees both working in accessibility and in other groups. I only mention that to say don't discount yourself even if you're blind (or deaf, etc). There are plenty of engineering teams at Apple that would be happy to have you.
- AlexCoventry 7y ago> don't discount yourself even if you're blind One of the strongest programmers I've ever met was blind, and they were working on security software, not accessibility issues.
- Shebanator 7y agoI work at google, and have had the privilege of working with some amazing blind programmers. Apple and Google are both investing a lot in a11y.