I sometimes wonder how I would program if I went blind. I guess this could be one answer to such a question.

Here's another answer: http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/

There's a guy who hangs on on freenode/#emacs sometimes called delYsid who uses a braille terminal

There's some info on his webpage at http://delysid.org/faq.html

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -Inigo Montoya

It might not be a terrible deal ...

There are programmers I would have paid to watch work when I was starting out. There are still people I'd work for for free, if I got to observe them first-hand and listen to their thought process.

It all just depends on how good the 'senior programmer' is

Yea, but read the rest of the post: "May involve work after normal business hours and being on-call" + "This is a part-time position for 15 - 20 hours per week". What kind of a work schedule is this Senior Programmer on?

a healthy one.

They are looking for the ultimate speech recognition human-ware.

The ultimate solution for a RSI addled programer...

I think he thinks that it means secretary :)

Yes, the ad reads like it's a geek looking for some kind of blend between software lackey, secretary, and (depending on gender/preference) a possible date.

"Our compensation reflects the importance of this position." $20 per hour??

Seems like an accurate statement . . . $20 per hour does, indeed, accurately reflect the importance of the position.

I've been paid worse for programming internships. But not in Manhattan.

I am the only one that doesn't see anything wrong with this?

Did I miss something?

Compare:

The Pair Programmer is critical since the Senior Programmer aims to limit his use of the keyboard.

Alex is a Doctoral Fellow and PhD student in the Operations and Information Management Department of Wharton Business School, slated to graduate in May 2010. He studies optimal team design in medicine, engineering, and consulting.

I'm not convinced the optimal team is a typist/secretary and a Senior Programmer with his capitals letters and Ph.D. and everything dictating the code ;)