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Apr 23, 2018
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Nat Gas Man
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My former Bishop was getting a Masters in Linguistics at BYU when the CIA came
Calling. He is a Middle East analyst there fluent in several languages and dialects in Arabic. I believe Spanish was the language from his mission
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Careers in linguistics, languages, etc.
thaws
Good Guy Idiot
4/23/18 4:08pm
There a few people in my stake here in NY studying forensic linguistics.
aplusfan
4/23/18 4:10pm
There are government jobs for that type of thing. Look at state department, CIA, etc.
buffgato
4/23/18 4:10pm
CIA/Intelligence
cougfanblue
4/23/18 4:10pm
My former Bishop was getting a Masters in Linguistics at BYU when the CIA came
Nat Gas Man
4/23/18 5:06pm
I went to middle east on my mission. CIA was VERY interested
hitechcpa
4/23/18 7:25pm
Advise your son to continue his passion for languages as a hobby but find a real degree and career path. Engineering is
Pimpin4Paradise
4/23/18 4:11pm
Engineering with language skills (especially Asian/Indian) is very valuable in the US market.
Bert609
4/23/18 4:12pm
The military always has uses for linguists...
Tokolosh
4/23/18 4:11pm
DLI in Monterey, CA.
Division Bell
4/23/18 4:17pm
Son-in-law learned Arabic there
ColoSpgs
4/23/18 5:05pm
Several thoughts:
ColoSpgs
4/23/18 5:12pm
If he's good with languages, he's probably a good programmer. There is very good
chago04
4/23/18 4:17pm
Learning languages and linguistics are two conpletely different
UNHuskerCoug
4/23/18 4:17pm
I don't know how long the trend will last, but at least in the short term, voice is the next user interface.
El Jefe
4/23/18 4:24pm
Answers on languages versus linguistics;
Archaea
4/23/18 4:25pm
Work for the state dept
Beggar
4/23/18 4:29pm
Set up your own personal computer server and work from home!!!
StarMan
4/23/18 4:37pm
Not without precedent!
AZcougLawyer
4/23/18 7:10pm
Same thing happened to my son. Left for his mission halfway through a degree
SouthernCoug
4/23/18 6:06pm
I wanted to as well but never could find a job that fit.
Archaea
4/23/18 6:57pm
Court Interpreter
calvindyer
4/23/18 7:31pm
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