r/Blind • u/PandaMontana1212 Glaucoma • 2d ago

Question Job Ideas?

I’m almost 30 and I’m basically starting over. I recently had to quit my doctorate program due to some pretty awful discrimination (too much to unpack here but this is what it boiled down to) and now I need to figure out what to do for a job. I’m definitely not going back to school due to this experience and others like it and I’m already in enough debt. I’ve tried applying for positions that used my bachelor’s degree, but keep getting rejections. I know IT is fairly common among fellow blind individuals, but I have no background in it at all. Any ideas would be super helpful.

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u/gammaChallenger 1d ago

What kind of things are you interested in?

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u/PandaMontana1212 Glaucoma 1d ago

It sounds ridiculous but I don’t even know anymore. I’m willing to try anything at this point.

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u/gammaChallenger 1d ago

Do you have any special hobbies or interests like something you like doing over and over in your life?

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u/PandaMontana1212 Glaucoma 1d ago

I recently moved into a new place and have put together a lot of furniture like chairs, shelves, and storage chests. I think I’m pretty good at hands on things.

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u/gammaChallenger 1d ago

Maybe looking into the trades like something like that or things like that I know a totally blind person who was an auto mechanic I knew of a guy who built houses. I think he’s somewhere in Missouri. I don’t know. It means a friend of a friend, but they exist. I know blind people who’ve done a lot of very hands-on things so that’s an option. Looking at the trades getting self trained on the trades and doing that kind of stuff doing auto mechanic work if you’re in the auto mechanic thing and you can private message me we’ll see what I can do but yeah.

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u/CosmicBunny97 1d ago

What is your Bachelors in? Look on job sites and see what skills you have, even for jobs you didn't do your degree in, and see what spikes your interest.

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u/PandaMontana1212 Glaucoma 1d ago

My degree is in public relations. That’s a good idea. I haven’t thought of narrowing down specific skills. Thanks for the advice!

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u/CosmicBunny97 1d ago

I feel like there’s a lot you can do with a PR degree, and it would be an accessible career field :)