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From: JP Jamous
Date: Sep 19, 2017 4:30PM

Right on Bryan. It has taken me 10 years myself to get to where I am at and I had the same mentality such as you about visual design. Now, I have shifted to functional design and that opened up many other doors for me.

Surely, there are opportunities in the a11y area that some that is blind can take advantage of, which are related to front-end design. I do know that going this route is always a challenge. If someone is up to that, then all he has to do is roll up his sleves.

Back-end comes with its challenges as well. They tend to be lesser than that of front-end and some folks choose to go that way too.

I state the above to attest that there is no right or wrong. How far someone wants to take his or her career is up to that person. Just know there are alternatives out there and opportunities are always present.