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Blind since birth, writing code at Amazon since 2013 (blog.aboutamazon.com)
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Marconius 9 points 5y ago
I wonder what he works on specifically, considering the overall accessibility of Amazon apps tends to suck. I can't even get prices in Prime Now to be read aloud by VoiceOver. Still a good sign that companies are willing to hire qualified individuals despite the disability. I'm teaching myself how to code, and coming up with fun tricks to quickly jump around the code while managing conplexity has been fun. I recently finished up a Blackjack game using Python, coding it all with TextEdit and playing it in iTerm or Terminal, and what i thought would be daunting actually became fun, especialky as I got faster at the coding process when tearing all of it down and rewriting from scratch when I figured out a more efficient way of doing things.
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Ramildo -2 points 5y ago
It's exactly that requirement to keep a mental representation of the code that I abominate, because it creates mental drag wasting mental resources that I could put to good use fixing actual problems in the code. I also wonder how he works with others since he can't rely on his mental representation of code when other people are changing it. Personally I can't code anything complex blind, because the amount of effort I have to put into making sure everything is right simply wastes me. Coding blind requires too much effort for too little return in my opinion.
Amonwilde 10 points 5y ago
You've commented along these lines a number of times. You say you could be solving problems instead of holding the code in your head, but that's not true if you can't see the code. Obviously if you or any other blind person had sight they would look at the code, but that's not an option, so you roll with what you can do. Clearly what blind people can do is enough to be pretty damn good coders in some cases.
Your attitude is that if you can't do it the way you did it before, you're not going to do it. If it can't be 10, it might as well be 0. I don't agree with you. What about 8?Or even 9? I'm pretty sure you've also said you're sitting around bored, so it's not like you have some other awesome thing that you're doing instead.
Just go back to coding already, even if you suck at it. Or at least stop discouraging others. Look at the other comment from Marconius, who seems to be having a great time. Or the linked article.
You have to understand, the attitude you're expressing is poison for us. That's just what it is.
Your attitude is that if you can't do it the way you did it before, you're not going to do it. If it can't be 10, it might as well be 0. I don't agree with you. What about 8?Or even 9? I'm pretty sure you've also said you're sitting around bored, so it's not like you have some other awesome thing that you're doing instead.
Just go back to coding already, even if you suck at it. Or at least stop discouraging others. Look at the other comment from Marconius, who seems to be having a great time. Or the linked article.
You have to understand, the attitude you're expressing is poison for us. That's just what it is.
Ramildo 6 points 5y ago
Yeah, probably, I'm just extremely frustrated with my blindness and can't stop venting. I considered myself a mediocre programmer back when I had sight, because I was too lazy to actually put effort into it, and the blind tax forces me to put effort into things, so I vent as if someone could do something about it.
Amonwilde 4 points 5y ago
For what it's worth, I feel you. If it was anything else, I would just sympathize. But people already think we can't do stuff, you know?
Anyway, no hate here, just love. You'll probably swing back the other way before too long. You're clearly a smart person who has done cool stuff in the past.
Anyway, no hate here, just love. You'll probably swing back the other way before too long. You're clearly a smart person who has done cool stuff in the past.
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