Common Jobs for VI Programmers

Hi,
Note: This is a slightly edited version of an off-list post I made.

I'd like to have some stats on what kind of jobs blind programmers do in
general, not what could be done, but what are the most common jobs and why?
I've heard about assembler programming, embedded C stuff, sysadmin, writing
automated tests and so on. Another possibility might be SymbianOs
programming, since mobile phones are a very big thing here, and the GUis are
still built programmatically or by writing resource script by hand, I think.

I've been considerring trying to get a programming related
job once I finnish my MSC which will take this year and a large chunk of the
next one. Since it seems sighted folks can draw graphical GUis much faster
than I can draw them magnified, or even lay out them programmatically, is it
worth it trying to get a job that mainly involves b2b GUI programming in the dot 
NET domain? This is what most firms are pushing nowadays here in FInland,
Oulu, it seems.

Seeing how visual Visual Studio is going
these days has made me a bit .reluctant toward really digging into it,
especially as I don't currently use Jaws, and thus cannot benefit from the
many scripts made for it here. I'm also worried about UMl for good reason,
although diagramming software is getting all the more accessible, e.g.
DeepView. HOwabout usability? Testing is going to be hard, since you cannot
rely on videos, and really cannot moderate a sighted person, unless you have
a screen reader or something.

I tried usability testing at the Uni, and
greatly enjoyed typing in content logs, transcribing and was the guy who
found virtually all of the accessibility blunders, and many violations of basic GUI design rules, in heuristic evaluation, 
as well.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. I'd also appreciate any papers about
blind programmers' employement if the stuff has been researched.

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With kind regards Veli-Pekka Tätilä (vtatila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Accessibility, game music, synthesizers and programming:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila/

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