Is there a career path that connects IT with passion for foreign languages? (x-post from IT careers, maybe language learners have some ideas?)
Posted Sep 6, 2020, 8:41 PM UTC
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It depends. What country do you live in and/or want to work in?
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I live in Germany (but I'm Polish by nationality). If you suggest to move to another country to work and learn the language, see the point "Obvious idea #1" in my post.
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I was asking because I have suggestions for the countries I’m familiar with (especially the U.S. Though I speak some German, I’ve never been to Germany. I bet you can find or create the ideal job for you though.
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Hm, feel free to share the suggestions you have. Maybe they're not as U.S.-only as you think?
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What are your skills? Programming? Teaching? Translating? Marketing?
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Get into translating technical books from one language to another. Participate into translating open source software. Start a technical blog in your target language. And why not try to get one of your talks accepted into a foreign conference ?
Anki/AnkiDroid could always do with more translators/devs if that's an aspect OP would be interested in: