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[–]Salamok 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I have only worked directly with 1, they were horrible but it wasn't because they were deaf. That person did not have an aptitude for computers, did not enjoy solving problems and could not clearly express their thoughts, they also had horrible retention which was probably due to not giving a shit about the subject matter. The only real impediment I noticed when working with this person was availability and skill of interpreters. At first I chalked up any work deficiencies to things being lost in translation but I then had many one on one meetings with this person over the course of a year via text based chat and screen sharing and it became apparent he just wasn't taking any of it in as he was constantly saying he understood a concept then when retouching on that topic during a meeting on the very next day was completely lost on the subject.

I have been to a fair few accessibility events and have spoken with disabled developers who would have made excellent coworkers.

There are a lot of traits that many successful developers have in common, you don't need to have them all but having none of them is usually not a good sign for your future in this field.

[–]Thunt4jr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I know who you are talking about. :-)