Are there applications for a degree in linguistics other than

>>8971530
Linguistics professor. That way you can instead argue with to-be english major drop outs.

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No one ever used to whack me in the jaw with a hammer when I was in not poverty. Those were the days.

>>8971530

It depends on the individual. In terms of employability a linguistics degree can vary pretty wildly. Some schools require that linguistics grads be moderately proficient in at least two non-english languages before graduation which vastly improves their market value.

I know a guy who did computational linguistics and now he works for a quant. My girlfriend's cousin got his undergrad in linguistics and went on to graduate school for speech therapy, and now he makes decent money doing that.

Like any degree there are jobs available, but many of them aren't in linguistics. If I was studying linguistics I'd probanly pick up a CS minor or something as a fallback so you can effectively convince employers you're a CS guy without having to degrade yourself by actually being a CS guy.

>>8971530
git gud and become an academic

>>8971530
computational linguistics are thriving and you could be paid huge sums of money to build propaganda bots for your local government or major corps.

You need to actually care and get good though.