language in college
Hi. I've heard that for many careers being skilled at multiple languages is a big plus. I'd imagine for i-bankign, with more work in emerging markets, knowling languages would be a plus. However, I've also heard that most finance work is in English as far as a US resident/graduate would be concerned, and other languages doesn't matter. First, how much emphasis should i put on language? As well, I still want to take a language in college, but, do you think it would be beneficial to thoroughly learn one language or gain good abilities in 2 or 3 languages (all excluding English)? Any input would be appreciated.
i dont think foreign language is THAT important. i think you'd be better off using the time/units to take some extra finance/accounting classes, unless of course you are already a finance/accounting major.
if you put too much focus on a foreign language and not enough on more relevant classes, banks might be inclined to ask "ok, it looks like foreign language was a big part of your college coursework, why would you want to pursue banking?"
banking is very much about communication, especially at the higher levels, but being that 99%+ of business will be with english speaking ceos (given that you're planning to stay in the US), i dont see the need to stress foreign language as a top priority.
I took 3 years of french. Not for anything career related, I just want to seduce beautiful french women
nice. I considered doing that as well.
You won't be able to learn one language let alone 2-3 well enough during college to even be passable in the professional world (unless you spend lots of time abroad). It may help marginally depending where you go and what you do, but mostly it'll just be an interesting bullet point about yourself.
It depends where you want to work and what you want to do. I'm from the U.S. and I wanted to do business in China, so clearly I spent 90% of college busting ass to learn Chinese. That said, if you're happy to stay based in the U.S. I don't see much reason why you'd spend your time learning a second/third language. While it's nice to speak multiple languages, it's extremely time consuming to gain proficiency/fluency in any language, and if your goal is going to wall street there's zero question your time would be better spent on something else (getting a 4.0, doing internships, etc.). Language classes will lower your grades (almost definitely) and consume a huge amount of your time. It's a commitment and it shouldn't be done as a "resume builder" because it's not a good time vs. value proposition.
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