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Web developers, welcome to the world DBAs live in, where the law has something to say about what you do! Frequently asked questions: Q: How's the government g
by fusiongyro 14y ago
Web developers, welcome to the world DBAs live in, where the law has something to say about what you do!
Frequently asked questions:
Q: How's the government going to police this?
A: They won't. However, you will comply simply because not complying exposes you and your employer to financial liability if someone makes a complaint.
Q: What if this change puts my company out of business?
A: If your margins are too thin to achieve compliance, you'll go out of business; the law doesn't care how much it costs you to comply.
In practice, you will raise your prices to compensate, and if your competition are eating your lunch by not being compliant you'll tattle on them.
Q: Won't this make my job a lot harder for no good reason?
A: Yes it will, but you'll get to ask for a higher salary (see "financial liability").
- jmcqk6 14y agoFor no good reason? I hardly think removing discrimination is not a good reason. You might mean that the financial benefits are outweighed by the financial cost. Look at it this way: if you have an ADA from the start, there isn't going to be some segment of the population you exclude from using your product. That's a good thing. Now, nailing on ADA compliance to something that had poor design decisions is going to be painful. In that case, the positive side is that you're going to be forced to get rid of that technical debt.
- fusiongyro 14y agoIn the interest of humor I'm overstating the position.