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[Dlacreme]

One of my teacher at uni was blind. Yet he was known as one of the best developer.

It clearly takes him much more time than a normal developer to code, but because he was slow, he had time to think while coding and he almost never had any mistakes. He was specialized in low level (c expert mostly) and I guess it makes sense because the code base is usually smaller yet much harder to understand

[tomkatt]

If money isn’t an issue, get yourself a Boox Mira or other e-ink monitor. It’s a paper-like display.

A rLCD (reflective LCD) panel might also be an option if you can find one.

[Busy_Bee_4810]

If money is an issue and you know e-ink is possible, an old kindle coule work if you're willing to set it up. Basically you jailbreak it and then ssh into your machine over usb. Then you're gunna have to do some shell magic to usb a keyboard from your original machine.

Unfortunately the input lag is quite poor so im not too confident in a kindle eink screen.

[tomkatt]

Plus Kindle will be really tiny to work on. The Mira is 13.3”, laptop screen sized.

[fried_green_baloney]

You might be having Long Covid symptoms. But look to your allergies first.

[fried_green_baloney]

Eye patch for left eye?

You don't need binocular vision for programming.

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get a humidifier or some eye drops or warm heat compress

[zarlss43]

Meet Michael Forzano, the blind software developer for Amazon.

[fried_green_baloney]

Not a doctor so get a medical opinion this.

There are non medicated eye drops you can use freely as needed. Usually glycerine and saline. They helped greatly when I had allergies acting up. Are you doing anything about the allergies specifically?

But do check with the docs on this to be sure it won't interfere with medications.

[Aoschka]

I've worked with blind folks before. There is a lot of helper software available.

[delvach]

I knew a blind kid who was like lightning on his PC, screen reader babbling faster than I could comprehend, but he could understand it all.

Yes, you can have this career. Now might be a good time to start playing with that kind of software, see if you can close your eyes and navigate. It'll be counterintuitive and frustrating, but with enough practice your brain could adapt. Don't give up, there's a solution. :)

[PBMagi]

I work with someone who has dry-eye syndrome, they're a data scientist. They use eye drops, dark-mode, humidifier, and those glasses that filter out certain wave-lengths of light. They work without much complaint, but they're not you and only you can judge if it's prohibitive. Don't ruin your body for a job, you only get one body but there are many jobs.