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Ask HN: What is a physiically disabled person to do in this job market?

41 points amathew | 1 comments | 14 Jul 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

I am a 39 year old with cerebral palsy (use a walker due to mobility issues) who lost their job in late January 2025. I worked as a senior data scientist in the past and have been applying to analytics, business intelligence, and data science roles.

Six months later and I am still without a job.

How have those of you with disabilities overcome the difficulties in this market?

I'm totally lost and don't know how to proceed.

I've rewritten my resume and do get interviews

There were 4 instances where I went through the entire process and they ended up hiring another one of the candidates

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abraham-mathew-21221b29/

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giantg2 ◴[15 Jul 25 01:40 UTC] No.44567092[source]▶
"What is a physiically disabled person to do in this job market?"

Same thing as a person with a social-emotional disability - get screwed. I'm being pushed out of an early career role even though I'm overqualified and producing similar numbers as my peers. I'll end up working at Walmart. Good luck.

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bluefirebrand ◴[15 Jul 25 02:56 UTC] No.44567465[source]▶
Please don't give up and just go work at Walmart

If you have the skills, please do your best to keep applying them at a new job

It's really important not to let this wear you down and defeat you. You're worth it

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1. giantg2 ◴[15 Jul 25 12:29 UTC] No.44570456[source]▶
I mean, I'll apply. It's just that there is little chance for me when everyone else is laying off and shipping jobs overseas. A mid-level dev from a non-tech company will lose out to a senior dev from Facebook or Amazon every time. And that's without the disability concerns.