Colorblindness

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I was recently declared colorblind at MEPS(Military Entrance Processing Station) for the National Guard (USA). Im am not colorblind at all really. I knew I was partially red/green colorblind ( I can see some #'s red/green colorblind people aren't supposed to see), but I failed the colorblind tests enough at the station to be classified as colorblind. This limited me to the jobs I could chose none of them relating to computers at all -.-. My question is how does colorblindness affect programming, troubleshooting, networking, etc... just IT in general? I would like people who have experience in the workplace and/or are colorblind/(red/green) themselves to help me out the most. On a side note Ive taken programming logic classes and am currently in a JAVA programming class and I dont see how colorblindness would affect any aspect of programming.

Well, so many things are color-coded in manuals, equipment. The Army (and most armed services) are a 'one size fits all'. Maybe if you can demonstrate to a sergeant what you can do, they'll give you a break?

Nope. And OP, you're screwed. Once MEPS has declared you something, it's almost impossible to get out of.

My old comp boss was colour-blind. They booted him from his tech school because of it. Now, with networking, the cables are coloured. So there's a problem if you caint see the difference. As for computers, not much is colour coded. All the different manufacturers are intent on turning the innards of your comp into the most rainbow coloured mess out there, but none of it's standardized. You would do fine in the private sector, but as the quoted poster says, the service is very cookie cutter, one size fits all. The best you can hope for is to get in doing something relatively similar, piddling about with the comps and possibly catching someone's attention. Your chances of ever getting re-assed into the job you want is slim, but you may be allowed to take training courses in it.

Thanks for the info. I talked to my recruiter and were going to see if I can get reasessed at ammed. Im going toward the ultimate goal of becoming a Warrant Officer in IT. I researched the requirements and if can get 4 years of work experience as a civilian I might be able to skip the color blindness. Im going in the Guard to pay for college this just sets me back a little. Im a 42A Human Resource Specialist.
By the way I scored 95 out of 99 on the ASVAB does this help my chances at all in the future? I scored above a 120 in each category.

I'm color blind and I work as a programmer. It won't affect you there at all. When I was kid and the school declared me as color blind the nurse told me that certain careers where out of bounds. I could never be a pilot for example in case I mixed up signals flashing.

I'm color blind too. No problem with programming and can't see how it can have any effect.