Thanks for the perspective. I had a similar conversation with a colleague yesterday. I'd confidently believed accessibility to be a safe, reliable career path, but going forward, who knows?
@@adabook No. For now I'm relatively insulated with an employer based in a blue state, but I am not confident about what comes next after this contract ends. It doesn't help that it took a whole year to land an a11y job after being laid off--that's still very fresh in my memory.
@@MoniqaPaullet The good news is the demand for knowledgeable contractors and employees will continue to increase for at least 1-2 more years. So many organizations need someone who specialize in accessibility and I see this coming through in talking with clients as well as looking at accessibility job openings.
That's one of the best uses for accessibility scans: they quickly reveal hypocrisy. Anyone demanding full WCAG conformance from website owners should have to make their own website WCAG 2.1 AA conformant - and do the same for an e-commerce site as well. It's not as easy as it sounds when you're actually doing it versus just telling others how to do it.
Thanks for the perspective. I had a similar conversation with a colleague yesterday. I'd confidently believed accessibility to be a safe, reliable career path, but going forward, who knows?
Did your colleague sway you otherwise?
@@adabook No. For now I'm relatively insulated with an employer based in a blue state, but I am not confident about what comes next after this contract ends. It doesn't help that it took a whole year to land an a11y job after being laid off--that's still very fresh in my memory.
@@MoniqaPaullet The good news is the demand for knowledgeable contractors and employees will continue to increase for at least 1-2 more years. So many organizations need someone who specialize in accessibility and I see this coming through in talking with clients as well as looking at accessibility job openings.
i understand how accessibility scans are just a tool but it is a bit funny how trump's and the ADA gov website itself are only semi-compliant
That's one of the best uses for accessibility scans: they quickly reveal hypocrisy. Anyone demanding full WCAG conformance from website owners should have to make their own website WCAG 2.1 AA conformant - and do the same for an e-commerce site as well. It's not as easy as it sounds when you're actually doing it versus just telling others how to do it.