Different avenues in the IT industry

Geertjan Wielenga: This is very interesting from the point of view of this book. I'm trying to make the argument, among other things, that being involved in the IT industry isn't necessarily a dry day job of programming and being very code-oriented; there is also a range of other types of work that you can do. Do you agree that your work is an example of this?

Regine Gilbert: Yes, it's very interesting to think about. I teach UX design at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. The undergraduates work with a real-life client each semester.

"There are many areas in which accessibility is just not being addressed."

—Regine Gilbert

This semester, their real-life client was an accessibility consulting firm called Equal Entry. Each student was given a different topic area, ranging from creating accessibility awareness in Vietnam to making more accessible maps and...