Has Chinese helped your career?

[agimcomas]

Hello all!

I was wondering, if there are people out there, who can tell us how learning and speaking Chinese has helped their careers?

Very much appreciated!

Agustin

[Scoobyqueen]

I suppose it has helped my career but only as a skill that has been added to other ones that had already been recognised. Chinese is another credit point if you like. However, I didnt start out learning Chinese in order to further my career.

[tooironic]

I've learnt Chinese most my life and am now embarking on a career in translation. So I suppose, yes, it has helped my "career", but that's to be expected considering the choices I have made. Can't speak for other people who have learnt it in conjunction with a career that has little to do with languages though.

[sebhk]

No it hasn't. But it is nice to be able to chat with my Chinese friends and other people when being in China. It might be useful for my career in the future, but I guess probably not.

I always tell people who consider learning Chinese for their career only to make sure they not only learn it to follow the latest trend in "important" languages. A decade or so ago many people started learning Japanese or Arabic for their careers, because it was said that these languages would be extremely important for business. I have several friends who started learning Japanese during that time, but in fact they never used it for anything but private stuff (traveling, chatting with friends etc).

[Lu]

Chinese is my career. I studied Chinese language and culture in university, and most of the jobs I've had so far had to do with China and Chinese.

[renzhe]

No, not at all, and it I can't imagine that it could ever make a difference, other than an interesting chat topic at a job interview, maybe.

[jbradfor]

Nope.

However, having lived and studied in Taiwan gave me a better understanding of Chinese culture, and, I think, allows me to interact better with my Chinese co-workers.

[wushijiao]

Chinese is my career. I studied Chinese language and culture in university, and most of the jobs I've had so far had to do with China and Chinese.

That's pretty similar to my situation.