American college freshman here. I was thinking about majoring

If you're going to try and get into a second language choose one that will be relevant to where you will live in life. Not only is it a lot harder to learn a language later in life (After high school.) but it's also pointless to learn Russian if there isn't russian's in your state.

It also makes it easier finding a good job if you're bi-lingual in the two languages there.

>>18124384

So, you're saying that there is no demand for people who know foreign languages.

>>18124473
I think they're saying that it depends on the foreign language you learn and the business/area you work in.

Is the field you're going to work in going to entail you having to speak Russian to clients or what have you? Learning Russian is probably a good idea.

Is just having a random foreign language that holds zero relevance to your job going to help you land a job? No.

If you live in America knowing Spanish is a huge boon to pretty much any job you work because a good portion of every field's clientele are going to be Hispanic ESL.

>>18124488

In other words, knowing one or several foreign languages, by itself, is a dead end. There is no demand, whatsoever, in any line of work, for Americans who have foreign language skills unless those skills supplement something else.

>>18124503
Translator. That's a job where knowledge in foreign language is relevant.