Changelog Interviews

The advantages of being a blind programmer

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Parham Doustdar is a blind programmer and joined the show to talk about the advantages he has being a blind programmer, the tools he uses, why he had to quit school, and carving your own path.

Note: We couldn’t stop using visual words when talking with Parham — even he couldn’t help himself. So you’ll get to hear us all laugh at ourselves near the end.

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    • Featuring:

    • Parham Doustdar – Website, GitHub, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Interviewing a good backend developer (without sight) · Issue #437 · thechangelog/ping
    • MUD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    • An Autobiography of a Blind Programmer – Parham Doustdar’s Blog
    • The Tools of a Blind Programmer – Parham Doustdar’s Blog
    • The Advantages of Being a Blind Programmer – Parham Doustdar’s Blog
    • Eclipse desktop & web IDEs
    • Aphantasia: “how it feels to be blind in the mind”
    • Hero: Uncle Bob
    • Hero: Uncle Bob Martin (@unclebobmartin) on Twitter
    • Docker - Build, Ship, and Run Any App, Anywhere

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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