I understand where you are coming from but those people you were referring to are self-entitled dumb fucks who also annoys me.
Deaf culture is real, it has been around since 1800's but there are stupid people like the ones I mentioned to you, takes it to a whole new level because they felt they're owed everything, just like the black people and their reparations.
I'm not one of those people. Think of them as millennials but deaf.
As for "Don't let it stop you from succeeding", I never let anyone stop me from succeeding. I have a college degree in I.T. and a couple of I.T. certs, been using computers since I was 7 years old and I'm really good at what I do.
However, I applied to over 1,000 jobs in my lifetime and NOT one was willing to hire me because of my deafness.
When I had an preliminary interview done over email, I don't let them know I'm deaf so it went like this:
We talk back and forth and they're gushing over my skills and they're saying they'd love to have me work for them. They invite me to do a phone job interview. I accept but I had to let them know, as courtesy, that I'm deaf and when we do the phone interview, it will be like this - there will be a "man in the middle" (the relay operator) and they will be conveying our conversation for us.
Doesn't sound like an issue but once they find out I'm deaf, they put me on hold so they can talk to their boss/supervisor/co-worker or whatever.
They come back to me and say this, "You know what? I'm really sorry but my boss had just informed me that while we were having this conversation, he had already hired someone to fill in the position so we will retain your resume on file for 6 months then after that, you're more than welcome to apply! We'd love to have you aboard but I'm really sorry!"
If you thought this happened once, you are sadly mistaken. I have heard this "canned" response from over half of the jobs I've applied to. ALL of it came from when I LET THEM KNOW I'M DEAF. The rest? Either wasn't good enough for them to consider me or I've switched my approach from not telling them up front that I'm deaf to telling them up front that I'm deaf. That part most certainly didn't work at all.
I never let them stop me, however when they give me an excuse, that's when the opportunity stops right there for me. This is why I have yet to start my career job in I.T. since graduating from college over 15 years ago, all because no one want to give me a fair chance to prove myself. This is also why I hate "Diversity" because if this is true, then I'd have a job, yet I don't so when a company I've applied to in the past, embraces diversity, I know they're lying.
And if you think about it, if people actually gave deaf people a fair chance at proving themselves and having them employed for a large chunk of their lives like me, we'd not be on disability income, collecting $$ from your paycheck. I hate it but how can we survive if we don't have jobs? There are over 1 million of deaf people living in America and pretty much 90% of them are on disability income (social security benefits) because no one will hire us.
This is why I believe in Trump because I am tired of surviving off disability income, which is fixed all the time, rather than having a decent pay like a salaried job that I've envisioned myself doing when I graduated from college. That dream is pretty much gone and I'm in a reality I didn't envision myself being in.
I understand where you are coming from but those people you were referring to are self-entitled dumb fucks who also annoys me.
Deaf culture is real, it has been around since 1800's but there are stupid people like the ones I mentioned to you, takes it to a whole new level because they felt they're owed everything, just like the black people and their reparations.
I'm not one of those people. Think of them as millennials but deaf.
As for "Don't let it stop you from succeeding", I never let anyone stop me from succeeding. I have a college degree in I.T. and a couple of I.T. certs, been using computers since I was 7 years old and I'm really good at what I do.
However, I applied to over 1,000 jobs in my lifetime and NOT one was willing to hire me because of my deafness.
When I had an preliminary interview done over email, I don't let them know I'm deaf so it went like this:
We talk back and forth and they're gushing over my skills and they're saying they'd love to have me work for them. They invite me to do a phone job interview. I accept but I had to let them know, as courtesy, that I'm deaf and when we do the phone interview, it will be like this - there will be a "man in the middle" (the relay operator) and they will be conveying our conversation for us.
Doesn't sound like an issue but once they find out I'm deaf, they put me on hold so they can talk to their boss/supervisor/co-worker or whatever.
They come back to me and say this, "You know what? I'm really sorry but my boss had just informed me that while we were having this conversation, he had already hired someone to fill in the position so we will retain your resume on file for 6 months then after that, you're more than welcome to apply! We'd love to have you aboard but I'm really sorry!"
If you thought this happened once, you are sadly mistaken. I have heard this "canned" response from over half of the jobs I've applied to. ALL of it came from when I LET THEM KNOW I'M DEAF. The rest? Either wasn't good enough for them to consider me or I've switched my approach from not telling them up front that I'm deaf to telling them up front that I'm deaf. That part most certainly didn't work at all.
I never let them stop me, however when they give me an excuse, that's when the opportunity stops right there for me. This is why I have yet to start my career job in I.T. since graduating from college over 15 years ago, all because no one want to give me a fair chance to prove myself. This is also why I hate "Diversity" because if this is true, then I'd have a job, yet I don't so when a company I've applied to in the past, embraces diversity, I know they're lying.
And if you think about it, if people actually gave deaf people a fair chance at proving themselves and having them employed for a large chunk of their lives like me, we'd not be on disability income, collecting $$ from your paycheck. I hate it but how can we survive if we don't have jobs? There are over 1 million of deaf people living in America and pretty much 90% of them are on disability income (social security benefits) because no one will hire us.
This is why I believe in Trump because I am tired of surviving off disability income, which is fixed all the time, rather than having a decent pay like a salaried job that I've envisioned myself doing when I graduated from college. That dream is pretty much gone and I'm in a reality I didn't envision myself being in.