/biz/ - Business & Finance

It depends, mostly it's not very valuable

Depends on a lot of factors but it can be very valuable to not at all necessary.

>>893648
I'd assume it's most valuable in PR and service jobs.

>>893626
Completely useless when Trump deports everyone who isn't a 10th generation citizen

>>893678
I'm not learning a shitty language like spanish.

>>893626

I saw an infograph once that showed career lifetime earnings for being bilingual relative to just english. German was highest, and i think spanish was 3rd. It provided values but it was very general as its a big picture, aggregate salary approach. It would depend on industry. I imagine German would be good for business and engineering, Spanish good for hospitality/PR. Mandarin could easily be worth the most now as this infograph was a couple years ago.

>>893626
A person fluent in two languages will ALWAYS have a job. Said job will never be a very good one.

>>893936
>German was highest

That's just Switzerland and Luxembourg distorting your statistic by being really fucking rich.

I am a Swissfag. Every 15 yrs old junior high school fag speaks 3 languages around here. If you want a decent job, better be fluent in 4 or 5 languages AND have a decent college degree.

>>893626
>marketable skill
>second language.

Lol'd hard. Thank you OP.

>>893626
I make about $500 a month translating articles during my lunch breaks.

I used to work at a power sports dealer as a salesman and I was the only one there who spoke spanish. I had dibs on all the Mexicans and made way more money off commission than my co workers.

>>894046
Online?

Considering being bilingual is normal in 90% of the world, not learning a second language makes you a mongoloid.

Depends on which language is second.

Generally, the more languages you speak (well) the more you're marketable.

As a translator, you can make some sick amount of cash. Ex. My mom was able to charge a dime a word for translating from English to Spanish.

When you decide to learn another language just don't pussyfoot it. Commit to one language and get on a level where you can draft business letters without looking up a word. Anything below that level will earn you nothing.

>>893626
if english is your first? not very. if you're wondering if you should learn mandarin the answer is no, the chinese will look down on you for not being chinese regardless of how well you think you speak the language. this goes for most cultures, including german and japanese. you're better off spending the time learning another skill. so many people speak english that there's nothing to be gained by speaking their own language. they've been learning it since early childhood, you haven't, less will be lost in translation if they speak to you in english than visa versa.

>>894046
for whom? how?
pls respond

>>893975
I speak English, french, Arabic, Spanish and German fluently and this is absolute bs.

Probably doesn't help that the only ones I officially speak (as in I'm certified in) are french and Arabic.

But holy fuck is this wrong

I'm working rn as a tire hauler for barely minimum wage

>>894879
You just proved he's right on some sense.

Being bilingual guarantees a job. Not a good one, but a job none the less.

Now, seriously, my first language is spanish, but I speak a bit of english and I work in HR. And even then, in the last 5 years I only remember one interview when they asked me if I speak English. And afaik, none of my previous bosses or HR managers speaks english either. Apparently, is just not a required skill on my field.

Said that, however, I have noticed there's a load of positions for telemarketing, and some have quite good salaries for their market, sometimes close to twice what the regular mono-lingual slavewage would earn. I still earn more (and certainly wouldn't apply for those positions anyway), but is still interesting to note how much the salary expectations can increase by speaking a second language.

I also have been told about management positions that earn twice to what similar positions would be paid, just because the former require a second language.

And last, but not least, a second language improves your chances to get a job on another country or being send into business travels.