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I had the fortune of working for a very small company that made electronic vision enhancers and portable readers for visually impaired people. We were just 2 de

by ajuc 6y ago

I had the fortune of working for a very small company that made electronic vision enhancers and portable readers for visually impaired people. We were just 2 developers and there were about 15 people in total mostly doing electronics, assembly and marketing. It was very surprising how dumb our intuitions can be about what's important for our customers and what isn't. And how easy it is in daily grind to make something that can't actually be used by a blind or elderly person. I think they would be better of if they hired at least one blind developer, even if (s)he worked a little slower.

JshWright 6y ago
Why would you assume they would work slower?
- ajuc 6y ago
  I don't know if they would. I said it would be worth it even if they did.
  - JshWright 6y ago
    Would you add that caveat for any other demographic?
    - ajuc 6y ago
      If I wrote they should be hired from a significantly reduced pool of candidates - sure.
- ThrowawayP 6y ago
  > "Why would you assume they would work slower?" I'm legally blind and I work slower, in some regards, particularly when working with text produced by other people. Most of the colleagues I knew who are legally blind also had similar limitations. The other poster's assumption is not unjustified.