The purpose of this site is to promote and inform the blind or visually impaired middle school/high school student of the opportunities in an Information Technology career.
- The "careers" pages points to pages that describe, in detail, the career path and the necessary qualifications. Also a statement of the accessibility requirements of the job.
- The "Learning Programming" pages have a step by step guide to learning each of the most used by industry programming language and software. This includes: setting up your system; and, the online tutorials.
Today and more so in the future, IT (Information Technology) is a rewarding, lucrative and exciting career path. As Information Technology expands and becomes more pervasive throughout society, many job opportunities are becoming available.The objective of this web site is to:
- Describe, in detail, each of the major career opportunities in IT.
- Promote input from me blind/VI IT professionals to help individual understand the requirements and environment of that profession.
- List and advise of the tools that are available and where to get more information. Include experiences of the blind/VI users.
- Educate potential employers on the viability of hiring a blind/VI person by addressing real and perceived issues when employing a blind/VI IT person.
- Give information on what education is required for each of the career paths. And how to acquire it.
Information Technology Career Paths
There are four general areas of IT within a typical corporation: Operations support , Business Applications, Development programming and Tools Development.
- Operations support is the organization which keeps the computer hardware, networks, databases and software running on a day to day basis.
- Business applications contains the jobs keep the business functioning. This area contains: programming, business analysis, report generation and analysis, product manufacturing and development.
- Development programming is programming which creates programs as a product. Typically this is a software company; but, many companies develop both products and software for sale.
- Tools development and support can be in any of the above areas. It's placement is usually where the major tools are developed/supported. Tools are Libraries which maintain programs and source code; design applications and general programs used by most of the areas.
The following table lists the Information Technology job types within each of the areas. The link will direct you to the typical job description for that job. Actual job descriptions were googled; and, by clicking "more info" can get the full job requirement. Along with the job description, links and information concerning actual experiences and training information will be given.
- Programmer/Analyst
- Systems Analyst
- Web Developer
- Web Designer
- Web Administrator
- Report Administrator
- Applications Architect
Cross IT Functions
Another detailed list of Information Technology occupations is found at http://online.onetcenter.org/
A pdf presentation to students click here!