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From: David.Bond@f210.n273.z1.fidonet.org (David Bond)
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Subject: Career searching.
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Date: 12 Apr 91 15:32:29 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

     What does someone like me do for a living?  I wish someone
could tell me how to use the skills I have, now that I am blind,
because I always enjoyed working.  Now I am thwarted and
frustrated.  I have delved into a number of things, only to end up
at a dead end.  I used to be in a partnership designing and
building refrigerated buildings, and then working as a project
manager for a construction company, but these are now only fond
memories.  I believe that I will ultimately only be able to work
for myself because I feel that I work best under that condition.
Plus, I am a creative sort of person, and I know I could be
successful in the right field.  But for all my creativity and
abilities, I just can't seem to make a go of it now that I am
without sight.  I don't think I am "wallowing" in pity, in fact, I
believe that I have accepted my blindness very well.  Do some of
you have some advice, opinions, constructive criticism, encouraging
insights or brilliant ideas?  I would love to hear from someone
that has perhaps been in my position and come through it.  I have
been blind for 3 years now, shouldn't I be earning a living by now?

Things I have tried:
1. Telemarketing.
2. Considered opening a deli restaurant.
3. Considered manufacturing and distributing a food product.
4. Considered going back to school for something.
5. Considered going into computer programming.
6. Considered going into accounting and financial management.
7. Love computers, but don't know about a career in the field.
8. Presently have formed a mail order business, but now on hold for
lack of capital.  I am cautiously optimistic about this but
wondering if I can handle it.

     What are some of you doing?  Is someone perhaps in the mail
order business?  Is someone perhaps in the building design,
engineering, or architectural fields?

Signed,
Discouraged...

Also go by: Dave Bond.

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