You can't do this here, and you've been breaking the site guidelines badly in other places too:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34072827

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34064916

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33772786

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33693135

Therefore I've banned the account. Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.

There a number of really good threads on HN where blind users contribute from their own experience. I strongly suggest you go and read them before deciding it's not a viable career:

"Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22918980

"Ask HN: How to prepare as soon-to-be blind developer?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30339187

"Ask HN: Blind programmers, what can I do to make my code easier for you?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18478776

"Ask HN: How should a programming language accommodate disabled programmers?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18414562

Unless you're T.V.Raman [1] or any one of a number of other blind programmers, of course.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._V._Raman

I've worked with two blind programmers and a blind content producer for a kids TV website.

All were very capable at their jobs and all three were blind from birth.

I've also worked with a deaf programmer and with one who wasn't able to type for more than a short period a day and had to use voice recognition software (and this was about 12 years ago). They got in fine too.

Adjustments needed to be made, but they were all hired as they were capable. I can't tell you how or where they learnt to code, but they learnt and all gained meaningful employment.

Unless you have particular knowledge or experience in the area, it might be one to keep your opinions to yourself?

> Programming isn't really suitable for the blind

That's like saying reading and writing on a computer isn't suited for the blind, which is horseshit cause many blind people do it. I've also ready many blog posts by blind programmers, some of them with follow-up comments on HN by them about their evolving setup.

The only software engineer coworker I've ever had that I would actually trust anywhere near cryptography without a prebuilt solution is blind.

This post is simply wrong.

While some have to deal with disabilites since early on, many forget that anyone can get disabilities at any point during their life, and is nice of having options to still be able to continue working on what they love, instead of living from healthcare paychecks.

programming is suitable to anyone

some people can not picture things in their head (aphantasia), or some people can not hear their thoughts? others can only see emotions as colors, or sounds as colors

because our output is normalized through language and symbols, it seems we are somewhat similar, but this is deceptive, as the difference in thought between two individuals can be as vast as between an octopus and a crow

and i am certainly sure that anyone "sees" code in their own way

One of my coworkers is blind and he's one of the best in the company.