Sales in the right industry. He'd need to hunt around but if he's mr charisma that's a great role for him to get into.

Well, I'm a senior software engineer, but that's an industry that's not exactly easy to switch into without more schooling/training.

It sounds like your brother could do well in sales, marketing, public relations, etc. especially if he has some education in marketing. He could even look for something sports-related.

I was unable to find a job in my field when I graduated with my Master's Degree so for the moment I'm working as a switchboard operator at my local veterans hospital.

Wow, I am sorry your brother is going through this and you are so kind for helping them out. Your parents should be happy he is working at all given the severity of stargardt's and his relative age. As far as suggestions, he *c*ould look for a management position elsewhere, but honestly I think it may be worthwhile to have him talk to your state center for the blind. They can help get him cheap rides wherever he needs to go and can even help him find a job/career. Best of luck.

I've led judo kata, I'm not sure if there's any reason why sports doesn't work. I have been asked to get involved in quite high level judo competitions and I'm not even that great, I'm just a disability category, so if you are happy to leverage that, and you probably should be, go for it.

To answer the question I'm a musician but before that I worked for a big global company, which sucked. I can't recommend music unless you're really into it as it's not very reliable but I make enough not to qualify for quite a lot of the benefits I could otherwise get and I pay my share of the household expenses which is about all anyone can ask for.

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I'm 27 with Stargardt's as well. I work in a state agency with invasive species management. Graduated with Horticulture and Forestry. However, my SO works in Sales. Sales and marketing can be hard to break in to (especially if they want to give him a hard time and make him canvass, which would be impossible unless they are a carpooling type or someone else drives him) . I've definitely felt the defeat. The constant requirement of "Do you have a valid driver's license" sometimes feels like gatekeeping from the blind and visually impaired, especially if it's a job that doesn't really require it to compete duties. I would encourage him to really dig into applying to sales and marketing firms, the bigger the better because they usually need warm bodies and can accommodate more. Networking. Also, stalking his old classmates LinkedIns to see what types of places they've worked at or currently work at and apply to those or similar places! That last bit is how I found my current job.

I’m a supervisor at a major brokerage firm. Since my brain went out (chronic migraines including visual migraine) I have been on medical leave but finally have proper treatment that is allowing me to go back to work. I’m just waiting on my job on to get my accommodations worked out. Definitely not something that can be picked up with no training as I have a lot of specialized licenses, but many financial professionals hire folks to do just their marketing or even those with degrees in marketing to just be assistants that can blossom into expanded roles in sales after taking the required tests.

I have my doctorate in linguistics, but I work for a non-profit in advocacy for the blind and partially sighted. It took over a year from graduating to finding a job, and another year to getting a permanent position, and I know that’s quicker than many.

I don’t know many people, even sighted, who have a career job at 23, four months after graduating (I think that’s what you said). Like, I’ve known a couple, but most of the people I can think of had to spend time working whatever they could get, and some, years later, still don’t have a career job. It’s harder than it looks.

I’m not quite sure what sports management involves, but marketing is also a great skill set. Most office jobs can be made pretty accessible, marketing, sales, HR, any kind of outreach (being personable helps a lot when making connections to new people). He could probably still do something sports-related in marketing and communications , sales…being on the social media team for a gym or sports team? He’d need to work with someone else on graphics probably, but could write content.

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I have been unemployed for 2 years