Hi Peter, I guess I'm one of the "stuckup arrogant pricks, who give useless outdated or misleading information" from the AFB Career Connect center.
you might get better advice if you stated your needs a little more clearly. it's not at all clear for instance why you aren't majoring in computer science? As for your question as to whether accessibility technology will *always* keep up with current technology: who knows??? I think so. it's got a very good chance given the laws have changed, and we've got several players supplying this tech. When many of us from the AFB career connect center started, there was only one company supplying a few items, and it was often up to us to invent or cobble together our own solutions. I started by writing a talking terminal program on a dedicated cp/m computer, so I could interface to another computer. And now you won't major in CS unless you're guaranteed things will always keep up for you? Peter, if your not willing and able to help work on your own solutions, and be confident you'll keep working until you find a way, then don't consider a career anywhere near computers. ok, there's one career I can think of: that's being an access technology specialist, who help other blind people find the right access technology, and learn how to use it. There aren't that many jobs in this line I'll admiot, but you are absolutely guaranteed you will be working only with technology that you can use. Chip -----Original Message----- From: Peter Wolfe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 4:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Off list -- computer professionals advice wanted -- Peter Q. Wolfe, A.S. Webmaster http://www.darkstruggle.com Alternative Email: [email protected] To those willing to listen, I'm currently a undergraduate in social science/history education with no minor at a major four year university in the southeast of the U.S. My majors have ranged from history, sociology, law, psychology, computr science, software engineering, mathematics, spanish education and to this current one. Mainly I have a passion to teach just as more of a backup plan in case the technology of the accessibility front were to lag behind unsustainable levels in a field in computer science. I sincerely have a passion to learn about computer programming language and all the data that I've gathered from professionals has pointed me into this direction of picking a concrete major first and leaping at the computer science bandwaggon last. So, my question(s) to you find folks is the technology in the forseeable future keeping pace with the new technology enough to work in a competitive marketplace? I already have my own site at the below signature and would love to create free/paid software and a pbbg game for the blind and sighted to play online. I've got tons of ideas and just was wondering what you thought about this matter? I have gone to countless sites and e-mail list without much success. The AFB Career Connect is a joke more or less filled with stuckup arrogant pricks, who give useless outdated or misleading information. I've gon to the supposed great Blind Programmers list and other web sources like Blind Geek Zone, Cool Tech and personal sites by blind webmasters/software developers and faculty at universities. I highly applaude you for reading this far and any advice wouold be great. By the way, my gpa is 4.0 at the current time with about two more years to go in my current junior year starting in the fall with two courses in Micro Economics/Psychology in the summer term. Thanks again and see yea later. cordially, If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
