doink said:
Well heres the thing, i have this eye condition known as 'deutan' which basically means that i have slightly more red receptors than green in my eyes, meaning that when lots of colours are together in a small location i may mistake a light brown for orange etc.
I was wondering whether this would nullify my ability to do electrical engineering because of wires and their colouring being of significance.
Any help appreciated.
I got the same problem as you with my eyes
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, good to know im not alone lol. Well u should be fine with elec engineerin though, cause you dont deal with cabling or working out resistors, thats more of an electricians job. In engineering u design circuits, calculate etc.
To be honest i did electronics in yr9 and yr10 at high school and didnt have a problem at all with cables and i didnt have a problem with working out the colours on resistors. I came 2nd both years and i made stuff like door bells lol. Also i went to an optometrist and he said i shouldnt be an electrician nor a pilot in the future, which i dont want to either.
Also try googling it, cause i read about this before and it no big deal as i know a person (has colour blindness) who works as a civil eng and never has problems with colours, even though i read that civil eng would also have some colour stuff to worry about.