Wow, are you me? I've been disabled my whole life but I had an accident the last year of my PhD and lost most of the use of my left hand and both legs.
The job market isn't bad, I know everyone keeps repeating it online and we are seeing a lot of layoffs in specific areas but all I hear from the industry in Europe is that they can't get enough data-scientists and machine learning people. There are many jobs where you won't need to code as much as a software engineer would but I wouldn't know how to tell them apart from the onset, it really depends on the company and the specific role, you'll have to flesh out what they need during the interview. There is a lot of work done with specialized software (simscape for example which has a drag and drop U.I to build models, but also a lot of obscure specialized science software depending on the industry), that being said I don't know if it'd be accessible to you if you can't use your hands. Also a lot of work done in excel and PowerBI, etc... I don't know if it's the kind of exciting research work you're looking for though. Generally companies in Europe are quite accommodating when it comes to handicaps so you might get some leeway.
Have you worked on mastering your IDE and voice-to-code software? There might be efficiencies you can gain, a lot of IDE shortcuts get rid of the need to write any punctuation for example.
Either way being disabled and working is a real challenge, I wish you all the best. DM me if you have other questions or want to discuss things, I don't have magical solutions but I've been dealing with this my whole life so I'm used to it.
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Reply to [D] ML/AI role as a disabled person by badhandml
Wow, are you me? I've been disabled my whole life but I had an accident the last year of my PhD and lost most of the use of my left hand and both legs.
The job market isn't bad, I know everyone keeps repeating it online and we are seeing a lot of layoffs in specific areas but all I hear from the industry in Europe is that they can't get enough data-scientists and machine learning people. There are many jobs where you won't need to code as much as a software engineer would but I wouldn't know how to tell them apart from the onset, it really depends on the company and the specific role, you'll have to flesh out what they need during the interview. There is a lot of work done with specialized software (simscape for example which has a drag and drop U.I to build models, but also a lot of obscure specialized science software depending on the industry), that being said I don't know if it'd be accessible to you if you can't use your hands. Also a lot of work done in excel and PowerBI, etc... I don't know if it's the kind of exciting research work you're looking for though. Generally companies in Europe are quite accommodating when it comes to handicaps so you might get some leeway.
Have you worked on mastering your IDE and voice-to-code software? There might be efficiencies you can gain, a lot of IDE shortcuts get rid of the need to write any punctuation for example.
Either way being disabled and working is a real challenge, I wish you all the best. DM me if you have other questions or want to discuss things, I don't have magical solutions but I've been dealing with this my whole life so I'm used to it.