I also used to know someone with a degree in Arabic, which was considered simply wierd at the time. I have wondered the same thing ;) whether he is now making big bucks somewhere. I've tried googling him but the name is a little too common, and his parents seem to have moved.
On 1/17/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A friend of mine studied Arabic in college. This was pre-9/11 and done > simply because he was intrigued by the culture. Eventually he decided that > a > job in the government as a translator or an expert in Arab culture might > be > up his alley. > > 9/11 changed everything of course...and now he's a hot commodity in the > government. Which is great, but I haven't seen him in over 5 years, and > don't know where he is, or what he's doing. > > On 1/17/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > They've been trying for years. Americans aren't interested in learning > > and the foreigners don't think they'll get security clearance. I know > > that three years ago they were offering well over $100k+ for > > translators. > > > > On 1/17/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Why can't we hire real life Arabs, instead of just some American who > > learned > > > Arabic? Everyone has their price, right? > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225111 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
