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[1duck]

well having a degree in italian and sociology...i can tell you that language jobs are few and far between.

As i tell everyone i meet who is considering studying languages, don't bother. Study a real subject, everyone else in the world speaks english and if they don't you can hire a linguist for pennies compared to what you'll be earning with a real degree.

 

[dbmtb]

As i tell everyone i meet who is considering studying languages, don't bother. Study a real subject, everyone else in the world speaks english and if they don't you can hire a linguist for pennies compared to what you'll be earning with a real degree.

Well I'm glad I did. Only reason I dared go off on a limb as a one man outfit LBS is because I have the luxury option of freelance translation work for the quiet season - which pays very nicely thank-you very much, in my part of the world, even though all danes speak English.

While I see your point about the non-necessity of a languages degree - it is also clear that languages should be given more priority within the school system than they appear to be getting at the moment. And graduates would be needed to do the actual teaching (poor sods).

 

[1duck]

Thats the main problem is that its mainly freelance work, which is all good and well but its not exactly secure.

If i had done a degree in law or something more traditional I could probably be sat in a cushy office job somewhere, sure it would be boring as hell but it would be secure.

Speaking 3 languages sounds impressive...but really its not worth as much as it should be. If i ever have children and one of them wants to study languages i'll beat it out of them before they even get near a verb table.