Comment by lazystar

3 months ago

Thanks for the link, I was curious if I'd be a candidate and it turns out I was eliminated by the very first qualification:

"must have 20/20 vision in each eye, no contacts"

This will be more and more of a bottleneck as time goes on; growing up in-doors and looking at computer screens all day will increase nearsightedness.

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lazystar

throwaway2037 3 months ago

    > must have 20/20 vision in each eye, no contacts

The page doesn't say that. It says:

    > Applicants must demonstrate distant and near vision of 20/20 or better in each eye separately. The use of bifocal contact lenses for the correction of near vision is unacceptable.

Some light Googling will tell you that glasses or contact lenses to fix distant or near vision are fine.

lazystar 2 months ago
thank you for proving cunninghams law still applies! much appreciated.
- throwaway2037 2 months ago
  
  Cunningham's Law (the guy from the original Wiki): I had to look it up on Google:
  > The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.