Challenges at work
By Ozinabox
February 5, 2010
The other day, I was talking to one of my deaf friends, and the subject came
up that he was planning to continue to attend school. This was after the
fact that he’s almost finished with his MBA. His aspirations were bigger
than anticipated, so he decided to pursue another degree in Management
Information System (MIS). I encouraged him by telling the story of a hearing
friend who graduated with his Masters and got flooded with offers from
different companies even though he was not actively looking for a job. But,
my deaf friend had a different version of the situation. He said that his
particular degree was basically useless without the other, and that
positions like the one my hearing friend got (who is now a project manager
for a technology company in New York) were the kinds of jobs that most deaf
people couldn’t obtain easily.
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