Taro Toporific wrote: Outside Japan, Japan experience is viewed as a resume hole.
I'm starting Japanese 101 next semester at college. I've already completed JAP085 with a B grade. I only took it because i was told that Japanese is a class 3 language based on difficultly for English speakers to learn. So I said what the heck lets get some extra practice in. But when i read this post it got me wondering if learning Japanese as a second language would really be beneficial.
Japanese beat out Russian, Norwegian and Chinese as i judged second languages by culture, job pay, potential to actually learn the language and ease of obtaining a visa. I am planning for a career in IT/Systems Administration basically computers. The requirements for the degree that i am perusing is 2 year of a second language. At this stage I'm still not fully locked into Japanese 101 as i haven't paid yet and Chinese 101 is not full yet.
I would like to get an opinion of the value as Japanese as a second language as i would like to avoid any resume holes it may bring. Or if the hole concept is the same for all second languages learned.
Thank you for your time