Ask HN: Losing Vision – What remote IT jobs are possible?

7 points by santoshmaharshi 10y ago ↗ HN

Hi Friends, Someone I know is losing reading vision to diabetes. She has worked on online marketing with almost 7 years of experience. What are work from home remote jobs possible for her and what are the places she can find those.

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brudgers 10y ago ↗

Many places have vocational rehabilitation and employment offices as public services. That's not a bad place to start if it is available because connecting people with resources is what they do all day.

Someone1234 10y ago ↗

Honestly, fully remote IT jobs are going to countries with extremely low cost of living. Why pay someone in the West $40K/year when you can pay someone in the East $20K/year?

So a lot of "remote jobs" in the West have an in-person component or have strict language requirements (e.g. have to talk to customers, and the company wants to project being a US-based business).

Remote jobs that pay well enough are hard to come by for that reason. Plus a lot of people would love a fully remote job so they likely get a lot of highly qualified applicants when they do appear.

Sorry if this is unhelpful/not what you asked. Just trying to explain why finding these jobs isn't easier.

fiftyacorn 10y ago ↗

Ive been considering doing remote work so have read a few threads on this.

There is a general trend to off shore this sort of role, but there is also a need to keep these roles inland to allow companies to keep compliance, occasional visits to site without visa issues and to protect against loss of IP. This creates opportunities for OP's friend

twunde 10y ago ↗

Take a look at https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job for some resources. There are remote jobs out there but there aren't many.

santoshmaharshi 10y ago ↗

Thanks, this is a very good list.

JSeymourATL 10y ago ↗

Screen reading software might help your friend stay active in online marketing.

Here's an article from 2010:> http://gizmodo.com/5620079/giz-explains-how-blind-people-see...

santoshmaharshi 10y ago ↗

Thanks, this is helpful.

anon987 10y ago ↗

I worked at at place with a couple blind computer programmer types. I never talked to them to ask them how they did it, but they did it somehow, so I'm sure you can too.

I wish you the best.

saturdayplace 10y ago ↗

https://weworkremotely.com/ is a job board specifically for positions that are remote.

Spooky23 10y ago ↗

Look for an onsite job with a .gov.

In some cities and states, they have the ability to hire disabled people without impact to their staffing/fill level. In New York, it's part of civil service law section 55b