[HN Gopher] I'm a skilled open-source maintainer, but I can't in...
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       I'm a skilled open-source maintainer, but I can't interview due to
       my disability
        
       Author : Cherub0774
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-05-23 16:58 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | DontMindit wrote:
        
       | cjbprime wrote:
       | I've interviewed hard of hearing candidates over text instead of
       | voice before. Have you tried asking for that accommodation when
       | interviewing? I am not a lawyer, but I would expect it to be a
       | legally obligatory accommodation for the company to make.
        
       | lucideer wrote:
       | One additional thing to consider here is that (unfortunately) not
       | only are interview processes not accommodating, but many work
       | environments will be similarly unaccommodating. While many large
       | corps have "Neurodiversity ERGs" and similar, they often just pay
       | lip-service and don't truly have impact on the ways day-to-day
       | colleague/cross-team interactions happen within those orgs.
       | 
       | Pay is important, and narrowing your requirements further doesn't
       | seem helpful, but just something that is worth keeping in mind.
       | 
       | Thank you for writing this; it's an incredibly eloquently written
       | piece, and these are the needs that need highlighting (over and
       | over) if any of these challenges are to change. Have bookmarked
       | for future sharing.
        
         | treeman79 wrote:
         | Yep. I can not handle fluorescent lights. Work refused to make
         | an accommodation for me. A dark corner was all I was asking
         | for.
        
           | mouth wrote:
           | Are you able to work remote?
        
       | gus_massa wrote:
       | Do you have a link to the repo?
        
         | Cherub0774 wrote:
         | I'm hesitant to ID myself in connection to this blog post. I
         | try to lead a very quiet/private online life. Thank you for the
         | response, though. :)
        
           | gus_massa wrote:
           | > _I 'm hesitant to ID myself in connection to this blog
           | post._
           | 
           | That's fine.
           | 
           | Are you getting paid for whatever job you are doing in the
           | university? Do you appear in the list of authors of the
           | paper?
        
       | kwertyoowiyop wrote:
       | To the author: what are your results from the HN "Who wants to be
       | hired?" threads?
       | 
       | Also, have you tried working with external (not for a specific
       | company) recruiters? It's free for you, and when one doesn't
       | produce results you can easily try another.
       | 
       | Finally, have you tried reaching out to maintainers of
       | commercially-popular open-source projects? They might know of
       | related jobs at the companies that are the chief sponsors of
       | those packages.
        
         | Cherub0774 wrote:
         | Thank you for the response! I haven't tried any of these. I
         | very much appreciate the suggestions. (And, thank you for
         | taking the time to email, too.) :)
        
       | orangesite wrote:
       | I'm just here to say that I face many of the same challenges as
       | you and don't have much to offer except to say that it will
       | always be hard for us.
        
       | WalterGR wrote:
       | Is the author in the US? There are laws about this. Here's one
       | resource:
       | 
       | https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/job-applicants-and-ada
       | 
       | I have no idea how that turns out in practice.
        
         | Cherub0774 wrote:
         | Canada! Thank you for responding and sharing this, though. :)
        
           | theluketaylor wrote:
           | If you're in Ontario the AODA would provide for reasonable
           | accommodation like text during both interviewing and
           | employment.
           | 
           | https://www.ontario.ca/page/about-accessibility-laws
        
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