Re: Appositives, more gender, careers

Matt McLauchlin wrote:
<ya better believe that's a snip>

> >So my main question is: What applications of a B.A. in Linguistics are
> >there, career wise? My ultimate goal would probably be a professorship,
> >however likely that may or may not be, but what can I do with a B.A. and
> >a Masters degree in the Interim. I don't want to get a degree in
> >Linguistics if I wouldn't enjoy any of the careers I can get with it,
> >although in a land without consequences I'd take Linguistics in a
> >second.
>
> I initially started taking a linguistics major because I was going to get a
> master's in library science, which had no particular BA requirement. Then
> this plan morphed into using linguistics, which apparently counts as a
> social science, to get me into the special certificate in social work
> program. Now I may still do that and also use it as leverage in my
> translating career.
>
> I've also heard that linguistics can help you in several computer fields
> such as voice recognition and the like.
>
I've heard this to. UToronto has a Linguistics & Computers program, but
it doesn't really tickle my fancy. Too much Comp. Sci. for a Linguistics
program, too much Linguistics for a Comp. Sci. program. Plus, it's a
B.Sc. program, not a B.A., so I can have any funny moments where me and
my room mates boil our B.A.s to eat, because we can't get any jobs with
them, a la Kids in the Hall.

> But mainly - you're talking about a university here, not an apprenticeship.
> People these days are much too obsessed with what would help their careers
> versus what would improve and stimulate their intellectual life. <wise old
> granny accent> Follow your heart. </accent>
Now, that means Linguistics, if I had to choose right now. But I don't.

--
Robert